INTRO: D
I
t was a hot Suday morning, middle of July
T
he choir was a singin’, ’bout the sweet by and by.
E
verybody was a swayin’, sweatin’ in the heat.
We all bowed our heads down, as the preacher took his seat
My sister and my brother sto
od ne
xt to my mother
In
the qui
et at the close of t
he ve
rse
That’s when daddy cut the big one
At the Horn Lake Mississippi Miss
ionary Baptist Ch
urch
Verse 2
My sister rolled her eyes back My brother bit his lip
My cousin just behind us Whispered, “Hey, who let it rip?
I stuck my face in my shirtsleeve Stared down at my shoes
Lord, you could hear a pin dropAs we stood there in the pew
Heads were tur
nin’, e
yes were bu
rnin’ Mo
mma stuck her nose
in he
r purse
After daddy cut the big one
At the Horn Lake Mississippi Missi
onary Baptist Ch
urch
Chorus
He cut the big one It was a st
inker
Th
en he broke the silence With a sn
icker
And us kids started laughin’ ‘Til I t
hought we was all
gonna burst
After daddy cut the big one
At the Horn Lake Mississippi Mis
sionary Baptist Chu
rch
He said, “The devil made me do it” Mom
ma said it was the live
rw
urst
And that’s why daddy cut the big one
At the Horn Lake Mi
ssissippi Mi
ssionary Ba
ptist Chur
ch
