Tattlers Wagon

Cat. #0095 (MFH #626) - As sung by Mr. Ed Stilley, Eureka Springs, Arkansas on May 1, 1958

VERSE 1
Once I had a tattlers wagon
Which behind me I did pull
Just as fast as I could empty it
Some friend would fill it full
Bye and bye I got so dizzy
There was little left to do
But still I'd make th saints and sing
I'm going thru Jesus, I'm going thru

VERSE 2
Well, I was going thru and tattling as I went
But going thru like that, you know
It isn't worth a cent
I'd talk about my neighbors
They'd give me tattle too
And then we'd go to church an' sing
T'is the old time religion
T'is the old time religion
It's good enough for me

VERSE 3
Though we sang, I want to see him
I think somehow we lied
For we would load our wagons up
With tattlers junk inside
And we would tattle as we went
And o'er th back fence too
And then we'd go to church and sing
When we all see Jesus
We'll sing and shout th victory

VERSE 4
As someone testifies in church
Some good sister doubts
And others have no confidence
When a certain party shouts
When someone hears a little lie
For some good reason told
He loads his wagon up and sings
I believe Jesus saves
And His blood washes whiter than snow

VERSE 5
We'd back our wagons up
And get another load
And just as soon as we could go
We'd start on tattlers road
And when we met a passerby
We'd stop and fret and spew
Then dump some poison out and sing
Makes me love everybody
Makes me love everybody
Makes me love everybody
It's good enough for me

VERSE 6
And folks think the thing we should do
Smash the wagon now
Let each one bridle his own tongue
Stop this thing somehow
Stop this awful tattling
And bring it to a end
And we can go to church and sing
In the sweet bye and bye
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet bye and bye
We shall meet on that beautiful shore