Folks always asking, “Why does the jug band drink?”
Folks always asking, “Why does the jug band drink?
“Why do they fill themselves up with that rotgut booze
from their not-so-pearly whites to their worn-out shoes?”
It’s because they’ve got those mean old jug band blues.
Where does the jug band go when the show is through?
Where does the jug band go when the show is through?
Well, if you have to ask then you’ll never know.
It ain’t nobody’s business where the jug band goes.
But wherever they go they’ve got those jug band blues.
Folks always asking, “What does the jug band love?”
Folks always asking, “What does the jug band love?”
They love barbequed chicken and refried beans.
They can eat more biscuits then you’ve ever seen.
And they love to sing those mean old jug band blues.
Folks always asking, “Why does the jug band play?”
Folks always asking, “Why does the jug band play?”
The jug band plays because they want to play
and if you don’t like it you can walk away
and then you’ll never have those mean old jug band blues.