This is driving me nuts. I can usually come up with obscure songs but this one
is just not coming to me. I don’t even know an entire, complete line in the song.
But, here goes…
early to mid 70’s (I think)…the gist of the song is there is some old witch/hag/
crone who lives in the woods. Everyone is scared of her. Then the town is hit
with some kind of plague/disaster. The “witch” finds a way to save the town.
The town sends in some men (The line here might be—“Let’s thank old
Hattie(??) for saving our town…”) but the men end up dead, with a warning…
“Don’t come looking again.” That last line is the only one I am sure of.
I tried Google but didn’t get anything…
The song is not really a “singing” song…it’s mostly spoken.
Does this ring any bells? Anyone? Anyone?
Jimmy Chitwood, you are awesome!! That’s the song!!! I have been trying for the last week to remember this song…
thank you, thank you, thank you.
This may be the end of this thread, but I’d just like to say that I found it completely, brilliantly, hilarious, for reasons I can’t even explain. Well done, both.
That link didn’t originally work for me, so I tried to find the lyrics myself. Turns out there’s a song of the same name about weed:
http://www.azlyrics.us/125973
Actually, PetW, that link is a bit off…the song lyrics that are displayed are
to a song called “Wildwood Weed”…but I’m glad you posted
the link anyway. I had completely forgotten about the weed song! Looks like
I’m going to be looking for Jim Stafford tapes.
(Memories light the corners of my mind…)