Jerry Reed - Koko Joe lyrics

(Ko-Ko Joe Ko-Ko Joe Ko-Ko Joe Ko-Ko Joe) Way up in Appaloosa County there's a place called Ko-ko ridge Sets a right on the bend on the Etowah River where the water washed away the bridge Cotton Mouth Country a river rats knee high Way up around the back border lived a man that the river folks talked about They said you better stay away from Ko-Ko Joe cause he's crazy no account Ko-Ko Joe they called him the Etowah River swamp rat and folks despised him Ko-Ko Joe he was an awfully peculiar man the river was his only friend And the folks didn't understand the man Ko-Ko Joe He eat monkey meat'n mashed potatoes he drunk a brew called the Mojo Claw That he beat outta roots from ol' dead stumps on the banks of the Etowah Made him walk a little funny made his breath smell funky Well he never came across the river cause the folks didn't like him in town They said his hair was long his clothes were dirty they didn't want him hanging around Ko-Ko Joe they called him the Etowah River swamp rat and folks despised him... Well it happened a year ago Sunday and they still talk about it today How the dam broke loose on the Etowah River nearly washin' everybody away Son the river water risin' washing up all the bushes Well the headlines read how a mother said my son would have lost his life But he was pulled from the mud in the Etowah River by the man y'all all despise Ko-Ko Joe they called him the Etowah River swamp rat and folks despised him...