SAME OLD BOAT
(Jack Wallace / Benny Barnes)


George Jones - 1969





Well my Great-Grandpappy he fought for Texas
At the Battle Of The Alamo
Ol' Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett
Were friends of my Pappy's, I know
Colonel Travis asked who's gonna lick 'em with me
Not a coward crossed the line
My Pappy turned to Davy with a friendly little poke
And this is what he said, I quote

Well we didn't come over on the same old ship
But we're all in the same old boat
The only thing that bothers me now
Is it gonna sink or float
I don't mind dyin' for my country
The only thing that gets my goat
We didn't come over on the same old shipp
But we're all in the same old boat

Well my Daddy was a fireman on the Wabash Line
Casey was the engineer
Those eight-wheel drivers sang a lullaby
Just like music to my ear
Goin' ninety miles an hour down a long steep grade
And the brakes just started givin' out
Casey lost his nerve approachin' Devil's Curve
And this is what we heard him shout

Well we didn't come over on the same old ship
But we're all in the same old boat
The only thing that bothers me now
Is it gonna sink or float
Well I don't mind dyin' in the line o' duty
The only thing that gets my goat
We didn't come over on the same old ship
But we're all in the same old boat
No, we didn't come over on the same old ship
But we're all in the same old boat






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2012)