Grandpa Jones performs "Dooley".on Hee Haw 1970.

Grandpa Jones performs "Dooley".on Hee Haw 1970.

Louis Marshall Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and "old time" country and gospel music singer. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Grandpa Jones Dooley lyrics

Dooley was a good ole man

He lived below the mill

Dooley had two daughters

And a 40 gallon still

 

One gal watched the boiler

The other watched the spout

And Mama caught the bottles

When ole Dooley fetched them out

 

Dooley, slippin' up the holler

Dooley, tryin' to make a dollar

Dooley, give me a swaller

And I'll pay you back someday

 

The revenuers came for him

A slippin' through the woods

Dooley kept behind them all

And never lost his goods

 

Dooley was a trader

When into town he'd come

Sugar by the bushel

And molasses by the ton

 

I remember very well

The day ole Dooley died

The women folk looked sorry

And the men stood round and cried

 

Now Dooley's on the mountain

He lies there all alone

They put a jug beside him

And a barrel for his stone