Family Funeral Fight

Now he was just a little fella
 Barely 5 foot 3
 But he caused a great commotion
 Down in Ducktown Tennessee
 Now it was nothing that the old man did
 Or one word that he said
 Fact is the trouble didn t start
 Till three days after he was dead.
 It was a huge military funeral
 With the family gathered round
 Come to show the old man honor
 And to ease him in the ground
 But murmurs spread among the crowd
 And the mourner s blood ran cold
 When up pulled the big squad car
 Marked Tennessee State Patrol
 It was the old mans youngest son
 Doing 25 to life
 For burning down his brother s trailer
 And running off with his wife
 The entire family was divided
 Held together by a shaky truce
 And then a woman yelled
 I still love you Earl and all hell broke lose
 Brothers, uncles, sisters, cousins
 Knife and fist fights by the dozens
 Yellin, spittin, bitin, hittin
 What a sight to see
 At the Ducktown knock down
 family funeral fight
 It started in the afternoon
 And lasted half the night
 10 were stabbed 2 were shot
 Nobody walked or talked quite right
 After the ducktown knock down
 Family funeral fight
 And old highway patrol
 And after about an hour or two
 They finally gained control
 The sheriff said this is a disgrace
 And I m haulin all yall in
 But Not till we've brought this service
 To a decent end
 So the Honor Guard stepped forward
 Fired their rifles in the air
 An old lady who was snoozin
 Jumped and fell out of her chair
 And as she hit that Astroturf you won t
 Believe what happened then
 A boy yelled Whoa they shot grandma
 And here we go again
 Mourners, Police, Honor Guards,
 Relatives from near and far
 Cussin, fussin, bitin, and hittin,
 What a sight to see
 At the Ducktown knock down
 Family funeral fight
 It started in the afternoon
 And lasted half the night
 10 were stabbed 2 were shot
 Nobody walked or talked quite right
 After the Ducktown knock down
 Family funeral fight
 It was the Ducktown knock down
 Family funeral feud
 You can t believe the mayhem
 And the chaos that ensued
 Why they even shot the sheriff
 Punched out the preachers lights
 At the Ducktown knock down
 Family funeral fight
 The Ducktown knock down
 Family funeral fight