Boudleaux Bryant - I'm Little But I'm Loud lyrics

[Verse 1: Jimmy Dickens] A lot of folks have told me I was pulled 'fore I got ripe A winter apple picked off in the fall But even as a youngen' I was not the bashful type 'Cause I could yell the loudest of them all [Chorus: Jimmy Dickens] I'm little but I'm loud I'm poor but I'm proud I'm countrified and I don't care who knows it I'm like a banty rooster In a big red rooster crowd I'm puny, short and little but I'm loud [Verse 2: Jimmy Dickens] I learned to do my singing Walking 'long behind a plow The singing teachers always pa**ed me by And so I have to sing The only way that I know how Just rare back, open up and let her fly [Chorus: Jimmy Dickens] I'm little but I'm loud I'm poor but I'm proud I'm countrified and I don't care who knows it I'm like a banty rooster In a big red rooster crowd I'm puny, short and little but I'm loud [Verse 3: Jimmy Dickens] I sang a special solo song In church one Sunday morn And I was plumb embarra**ed to my skin I hit a high note, looked around And sure as I was born Two cows and fourteen hogs came walking in [Chorus: Jimmy Dickens] I'm little but I'm loud I'm poor but I'm proud I'm countrified and I don't care who knows it I'm like a banty rooster In a big red rooster crowd I'm puny, short and little but I'm loud