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Happy Easter To Ya

Billy and Johnny were close as brothers now
Billy and Johnny were lifelong friends but
Billy and Johnny got to fussin' and a-fuedin' 'bout
where their property line done ends...

Billy killed a chicken that strayed to closely
Johnny shot a goat that chewed his leaves so
Billy threw a rock through Johnny Boy's window and
Johnny sent the buckshot through his eaves...

But come Easter Sunday preacher preached about the Lord
How He raised up from the dead
and how He sews up what we tored
and how we'll raise up with Him if we love our brother man
So Billy and Johnny was a-weepin' as they shook each other's hand
And said, "A happy Easter to ya, my good man
I'm gonna love you like I knew ya once again."

But next stormy Monday the rain come a-leakin'
through Johnny Boy's window and Billy Boy's eaves
Johnny's little girl caught death from a fever and
Billy's wife too done died in her sleep...

So they armed all the chillun with musket and pistol and
filled their heads with a family feud until
next spring them woods was a-filled with
the fire and smoke as the minieballs flew...

CHORUS

But when they come home from church that Sunday
quite a little massacre met their eyes
their sons and daughters broke a Mexican Standoff
all their little bodies marked the property line...

Billy and Johnny couldn't stand to live but
Billy and Johnny couldn't die from grief so
Billy and Johnny agreed to a duel so
they could die fightin' and rest in peace...

Billy and Johnny fell that day of one mind and accord
Thinkin' 'bout them better days and grievin' to the Lord
Buried in neighboring graves until that trumpet sound
Then they'll rise upon that day and promptly look around

And say "A Happy Easter to Ya, my good man."

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from Where The Heather Don't Grow, released April 1, 2008

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