Miss Ferris
Miss Ferris
John Hartford
Me Oh My How Time Does Fly-album
Lyrics from Mudcat
Banjo Tuned E , Key D, No Capo
Verse 1
D G
Now I had a teacher when I went to school,
G D A
She loved the river, and she taught about it too.
G D G
I'se a pretty bad boy, but she called my bluff,
D G D
With her great big collection of steamboat stuff. Oh, yeah!
Verse 2
G D G
She had log-books and bells and the things like that,
D G
And she knew the old captains and where they were at.
D G D
She rode the Alabama and the Gordon C. Green,
G A D
As the Cape Giraudoux, she was later renamed, Uh-huh.
B Section
G D
But her very favorite, as you all know,
G G
Was the Golden Eagle, Captain Buck's old boat.
G
This old stern wheeler sank and went to heaven,
D G D
When I was in the fourth grade, in nineteen forty-seven, Uh-huh!
Verse 3
Well, now, fast people in St. Louis society
A-takin¯¿½ a trip on the Mississippi
Sleepin¯¿½ in their bunks after an after-dinner drink
They didn¯¿½t think the boat would sink. Oh, no!
Verse 4
Well, I know Captain Buck was a very sad man
When that old wooden hull went into the sand
And Miss Ferris was sad for sure
But immediately, her mind went to work. Oh, yeah!
B Section:
Well, she did some politicking that was tricky and hard
And she got the pilot house for the schoolhouse yard
And so, instead of studying, I became a dreamer
Dreaming ¯¿½bout boats and the Mississippi River. Uh-huh.
(The remainder of the song is on the CD, but not on the video.)
Verse 5
I had to work real hard to get my school work done
Cause you could notfool Miis Ferris none;
And, if I went to sleep or I were not supposed to talk
Oh, she was a dead shot with a little piece of chalk. Uh-huh!
Last B Section:
D G D
Oh me, oh my, how the time does fly.
G
Time and the river keep a-rollin¯¿ on by.
Now, I am not a student and sh is not a teacher
D G D A D
But, we both still love the Mississippi River. Uh, huh.
Verse 6
Well, I went to see her this Christmas last.
We took a little trip back through the past.
On the easy rocker we looked at pictures
And we dreamed our dreams of the Mississippi River. Uh-huh!
(Repeat last B section)
Written by John Hartford/John Hartford Music, BMI