Anticipation Blues-Tennessee Ernie Ford

[ti:Anticipation Blues] [ar:Tennessee Ernie Ford] [al:Tip Top Tennessee] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Anticipation Blues - Tennessee Ernie Ford [00:06.08]She just got home from the doctor's [00:09.42]I just got home from the mill [00:12.50]She looked a little peaked [00:14.07]Her eyes were kind-a streaked [00:15.54]I couldn't figure out what made her ill [00:17.38] [00:18.73]She looked a little weepish [00:20.08]Smiled kinda sheepish [00:22.04]The answer hit me like a hickory mall [00:24.68]I throwed my dinner bucket down [00:26.23]Yelled like my trailin' hound [00:27.76]I was gonna be a daddy after all [00:30.22] [00:31.00]Now the waitin' [00:32.59]Anticipatin' [00:32.97] [00:34.35]Rock-a-bye [00:36.07]I'm gonna be a daddy now [00:38.27] [00:46.93]Well the weeks went by kinda sweetly [00:49.43] [00:50.41]Then all at once [00:51.10]I thought she'd lost her mind [00:53.37]She would rant she would rave [00:54.77]For the things she would crave [00:55.96]Like ice cream and sauerkraut combined [00:58.80] [00:59.81]She wanted watermelon it was wintertime [01:03.06]Dill pickles set around the house in jars [01:05.95]My how she'd eat that stuff [01:07.46]She never seemed to get enough [01:08.90]And at 3am she'd want candy bars [01:12.06]Oh [01:12.51]Now the waitin' [01:13.63]Anticipatin' [01:15.44]Rock-a-bye [01:17.07]I'm gonna be a daddy now [01:19.07] [01:27.93]Well at last the time was drawin' near [01:31.37]I began to walk and pace and sweat [01:34.42]The doctor said: Now son [01:35.90]I know this ain't no fun [01:37.29]But we ain't never lost a Daddy yet [01:40.30]I stood up and set down [01:41.86]I even though of leavin' town [01:43.70]The doctor and nurse came out all grins [01:46.47]They said: Buck up my boy [01:48.44]You should shout with joy [01:49.67]You're the Daddy of a pair of bouncin' twins [01:52.68]No more waitin anticipatin' [01:56.01]Rock-a-bye I'm a Daddy now