DADDY WAS A PREACHER, BUT MAMA WAS A GO-GO GIRL
(Jo Anna Neel / Bob Neel)


Betty Jo Bangs - 1971
Joanna Neel - 1971
Miss DeLois & The Music Men - 1972
Southern Culture On The Skids - 1992



Yeah, well, Daddy was a preacher, but Mama was a go-go girl
Daddy loved the Bible, but Mama loved the ways of the world
Well, Daddy'd go to church just to kneel and pray
Well, Mama'd go to town just to swing and sway
Daddy was a preacher, but Mama was a go-go girl

Yeah, well, Daddy was a preacher, but Mama was a go-go girl
Daddy's congregation was different than a go-go's world
Well, Daddy he breathes fire and brimstone
Well, Mama do the Monkey all night long
Daddy was a preacher, but Mama was a go-go girl

(Instrumental Break)

Yeah, well, Daddy was a preacher, but Mama was a go-go girl
Nothin' much in common, but the love for a boy and girl
My Daddy didn't see her through the eyes of the world
Yeah, Daddy was a preacher, but Mama was a go-go girl

Yeah, well, Daddy was a preacher, but Mama was a go-go girl
Daddy loved the Bible, but Mama loved the ways of the world
Well, people they just stop and stare at the craziest couple anywhere
Yeah, Daddy was a preacher, but Mama was a go-go girl

Yeah, well, Daddy was a preacher, but Mama was a go-go girl



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2017)