Hand Me Down My Old Walking Cane chords

[mandopik]

Hi!

#Anyone have a source for the chords/lyrics for Hand Me Down My Old Walking Cane?

Thanks!
Bill In NC

[Peter Hackman]

Here are two verses that I remember from a Gid Tanner recording.
Not quite standard, I presume.

"Martha wept and Suzie mourned (3 times)
sister got choked on a chicken bone
all my sins are taken away, taken away''

and

''Yonder comes a man across the field
kickin' up dust like an automobile''

Chords, nothing remarkable:

|G///|G/C/|G///|G///|
|D7///|////|G///|G///|
|C///|C///|G///|G///|
|G///|D7///|G ....

maybe with an extra half-bar in the last line.

[gr_store_feet]

I found good lyrics here:

http://members.aol.com/garydodee/RHSONGS.HTML#A20

[csstanley]

I do it a basic D/A7/D/G/D/A7/D.

[Strange1]

Wow, that one takes me back. I don't think I had heard that one since the 40's.

Jack

[mandopik]

Hey Thanks for the information ! I think that'll work just fine!

Bill in NC

[Gary S]

Another verse is

I got drunk and fell on the floor
Thats good corn licker and I want some more

Gary S

[MartinD_GibsonA]

I won't offer up any chords, but I'll tell you it's a pretty standard 1-4-5 song. #Just find the key that works for your pickin'/singin'!

Don Smith