Swamp Yankee

by Grayson Hugh

Grayson Hugh is an internationally-acclaimed singer/ songwriter. His debut release "Blind To Reason" (RCA 1988) earned two gold records, in the U.S. and overseas, and garnered several international radio hits. His second record "Road To Freedom" was called one of 1992's top…

Year: 2010

Ayup
I'm goin' down east
I'm goin' under
Gonna fill my boots
With the rain & thunder
From Ammonoosuc
Down to Chicopee
I'm gonna ride this river
Right to the sea

I ain't no punk (ain't no punk)
Just a little bit stanky (a little bit stanky)
I got the funk (I got the funk)
I'm a swamp yankee (swamp yankee)
Swamp yankee
Yes I am, swamp yankee

Y'see, my grandpa
He's a half Pequot
Scrapin' a livin'
From a lobster pot
He was raised
By the mooncussers
Methodist deacons
Them turkey buzzards
Grew a family
Of his own
Put down roots
In a field of stone

He ain't no punk (ain't no punk)
Just a little bit cranky (a little bit cranky)
He got the funk (he got the funk)
Of a swamp yankee (swamp yankee)
Swamp yankee
Ah, yes he is, yes he is
Swamp yankee
Hey, ayuh

It's been hardscrabble
Since the mill shut down
But I'm a barnacle
On the edge of town
I built this trailer (oh yes he did)
In the sand
So let the tide come in, I don't care
I'm a lobster man

I ain't no punk (ain't no punk)
Just a little bit stanky (a little bit stanky)
I got the funk (I got the funk)
I'm a swamp yankee (swamp yankee)
I got a yard fulla junk (yard fulla junk)
Ain't nothin' swanky (nothin' swanky)
I got the funk (I got the funk)
I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a
I'm a swamp yankee
Oh, nothin' but a swamp yankee
Yes I am, now lookit, baby
I got the claw
Of a lobstermon
And when I go to work
I get the job done
Tell ya I got the claw
Of nothin' but a swamp yankeemon

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