SETTIN' THE WOODS ON FIRE
(Fred Rose / Ed G. Nelson)

Hank Williams - 1952
Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine - 1952
Johnny Burnette - 1959
George Jones - 1960
Don Gibson - 1962
Connie Stevens - 1962
Porter Wagoner - 1963
Hank Williams Jr. & Lois Johnson - 1970
Mary Kay Place as Loretta Haggers - 1976
Matchbox - 1978
Katy Moffatt & Dave Alvin - 1990
Chris LeDoux - 1991
The Tractors - 1994

Also recorded by:
Johnny Cash; The Flatlanders; The Wilders; Jerry Lee Lewis;
Isla Grant; Eddie Cunningham; The Warratahs; Dennis Lotis;
Little Richard; Joel Mabus; Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers;
Chuck Mead; ............ and many others.



Comb your hair and paint and powder
You act proud and I'll act prouder
You sing loud and I'll sing louder
Tonight we're settin' the woods on fire

You're my gal and I'm your feller
Dress up in your frock of yeller
I'll look swell, but you'll look sweller
Settin' the woods on fire

We'll take in all the honky tonks
Tonight we're havin' fun
We'll show the folks a brand new dance
That never has been done

I don't care who thinks we're silly
You be daffy and I'll be dilly
We'll order up two bowls of chili
Settin' the woods on fire

(Instrumental Break)

I'll gas up my hot rod stoker
We'll get hotter than a poker
You'll be broke, but I'll be broker
Tonight we're settin' the woods on fire

We'll sit close to one another
Up one street and down the other
We'll have a time, oh brother
Settin' the woods on fire

We'll put aside a little time
To fix a flat or two
My tires and tubes are doin' fine
But the air is showin' through

You clap hands and I'll start bowin'
We'll do all the law's allowin'
Tomorrow I'll be right back plowin'
Settin' the woods on fire