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From the recording Rants And Romance
i am the trapper in this town
i get up in the morning when the sun comes ‘round
i like to catch at least ten pounds a week of hare and rabbit
i got me a single-action gun
a hunting knife too, now and that’s good fun
i can skin a rabbit while he’s on the run but i don’t make it a habit
my pa he’s got him a real good job
he’s makin’ little nails out of iron rods
he puts the shoes on the horses’ hooves so the horses they can get around
he and ma they got seven kids
so he don’t mind it or he keeps it hid
if i bring home dinner swingin’ on a stick
i am the trapper in this town
i had a girl was a trapper too
she caught herself a rabbit and a small raccoon
neither of us knew just what to do, we didn’t want to shoot it or bring it in
he scratched and hissed but he would no beg
so we opened up the jaws with a wooden peg
that coon ran off on three good legs and that girl never went with me again
well that’s all right but if the truth be told
i miss her in the winter when my hands get cold
but hey i’m just sixteen years old there’s lots of pretty girls around
so if you see somebody walkin’ down the street
with a couple of critters lookin’ good to eat
that’ll be me ‘cause i repeat
i am the trapper in this town
every monday afternoon about two
the ice and meat wagons come rumblin’ through
my mama buys chicken, mutton too takes it home on a big ol’ block of ice
come friday mornin’ that roast is done
that stew is over, my mom says son
i was lookin for meat and it was gonecan you find me something nice
well, i get up early and i make my rounds
i’m late for school and the teacher pounds
her fist and says “you’ll never amount to a thing the way you’re goin’”
so i brought the teacher home for a meal
she sat between my sisters like some big deal
she says “hey this tastes just like veal”
i am the trapper in this town