IT'S MY LAZY DAY
>From the film "Bordertown Trail" (1944)
(Smiley Burnette)


Smiley Burnette (Film Soundtrack) - 1944
Vaughn Monroe & His Orch. - 1946
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - 1946
Gene Autry (feat. in the film "Riders of the Whistling Pines") - 1949
Tennessee Ernie Ford - 1953
Gene Autry & Pat Buttram (feat in the Gene Autry TV Show) - 1954
Dave Dudley - 1965
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard - 1982
Tom Morrell & The Time-Warp Tophands - 1995
Don Edwards - 1997
Hot Club of Cowtown - 2000
Rex Allen & Don Edwards - 2005
Jim Garling - 2007
Wild River Band - 2007

Also recorded by: Darrell McCall; Don & The Roping Dummies;
Casey MacGill's Blue 4 Trio; Jimmy Allen; The 101 Ranch Boys.





Well I might a-gone fishin', I got to thinkin' it over
The road to the river, it's a mighty long way
It must be the season, no rhyme or no reason
I'm a-takin' it easy, it's my lazy day

And never mind callin', for I ain't a-comin'
Just get you on by me, stay out of my way
For a little deep thinkin' might drive me to drinkin'
Just takin' it easy, it's my lazy day

I ain't askin' no questions, I ain't givin' advices
I ain't datin' any women, I ain't a-wantin' to play
Just wanna look stupid, I don't wanna meet Cupid
I'm a-takin' it easy, it's my lazy day

I'm findin' it easy to mind my own business
I'm a-keepin' my nose out of ev'ryone's way
I ain't a-takin' no orders, I ain't a-hirin' any people
Just a-takin' it easy, it's my lazy day






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2012)