Ray Stevens - Mississippi Squirrel Revival lyrics

Well when I was kid I'd take a trip
Every summer down to Mississippi
To visit my granny in her ante bellum world
I'd run barefooted all day long
Climbing trees free as a song
One day I happened catch myself a squirrel
I stuffed him down in an old shoebox
Punched a couple holes in the
Top and when Sunday came
I snuck him into church
I was sittin way back in the very last pew
Showin him to my good buddy Hugh
When that squirrel got loose
And went totally berserk!
Well what happened next is hard to tell
Some thought it was Heaven others
Thought it was Hell
But the fact that something was among us
Was plain to see

As the choir sang "I Surrender All"
The squirrel ran up Harv Newlan's coveralls
Harv leaped to his feet and said
"Somethin's got a hold on me! YEOW!"

The day the squirrel went berserk
In the First Self-Righteous Church
In that sleepy little town of Pascagoula
It was a fight for survival
That broke out in revival
They were jumpin pews
And shouting Hallelujah!

Well, Harv hit the aisles
Dancin' and screamin'
Some thought he had religion
Others thought he had a demon
And Harv thought he had a weed
Eater loose in his Fruit-Of The-Looms
He fell to his knees to plead and beg
And the squirrel ran out of his britches leg
Unobserved, to the other side of the room
All the way down to the amen pew
Where sat Sister Bertha better-than you
Who'd been watchin' all the
Commotion with sadistic glee
But, you should've seen the look in her eyes
When that squirrel jumped her garters
And crossed her thighs
She jumped to her feet and said
"Lord have mercy on me"
As the squirrel made laps inside her dress
She began to cry and then to confess to sins
That would make a sailor blush with shame
She told of gossip and church dissension but
The thing that got the most attention
Was when she talked about her love life
And then she started naming names!

The day the squirrel went berserk
In the First Self-Righteous Church
In that sleepy little town of Pascagoula
It was a fight for survival
That broke out in revival
They were jumpin pews
And shouting Hallelujah!

Well seven deacons and then
The pastor got saved
And 25, 000 dollars got raised
And 50 volunteered for missions in
The Congo on the spot
And even without an invitation
There were at least 500 rededications
And we all got re baptized whether
We needed it or not
Now you've heard the Bible stories I guess
Of how He parted the waters for Moses to pass
All the miracles God has brought
To this ol' world
But the one I'll remember to my dyin day
Is how he put that church
Back on the narrow way
With a half-crazed Mississippi squirrel

The day the squirrel went berserk
In the First Self-Righteous Church
Of that sleepy little town of Pascagoula
It was a fight for survival
That broke out in revival
They were jumpin pews and shouting Halelujah!