hey everybody here comes the swamp
Critters now we got a Riverboat Captain
by the name of rib Le that's me and a
fiddle playing crab by the name a gumbo
he sure is something to see now we got
Big Al Gator on piano and we got Billy B
posum on the
Bas and joac On guitar and I'm ailla
dancing all over the place and we'll be
rolling down the river traveling by the
Light of the
Moon rolling down the river going to
reach our destination
soon all the swamp Critters are picking
and a singing a
tune rocking and a reeling battle
Wheeling down the lws
lagon yeah we'll be rocking and a
reeling paddle Wheeling down a l
[Music]
[Music]
flon down in the middle of lost Lagoon
there's a crab with his own kind of
sound it goes by the name of
gumbo and he's got a special way of
getting
around it plays a mean kind of
fiddle then he dances from the left to
the
right and the bou comes alive with the
gumball sound and it moves every Critter
inside and everybody's gumbo
dancing dancing like a crab to the gumbo
sound everybody's gumbo
dancing dancing like a crab till the sun
goes
down you step across your foot from the
right to the left then you do it from
the left to the
right you point all your fingers
straight to the ground and your elbows
up to the sky and everybody's gumbo
dancing dancing like the crab to the
gumbo sound everybody's gumbo
dancing dancing like the crab till the
sun goes down
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
you step across your foot from the right
to the left then you do it from the left
to the
right you point all your fingers
straight to the ground and your elbows
up to the sky and everybody's Bumble
dancing dancing like a crab to the gumbo
sound everybody's gumbo
dancing dancing like a cray till the sun
goes down everybody's Buble
dancing dancing like the crab to the
gumbo sound everybody's gumbo
dancing dancing like a crab till the sun
goes down
[Music]
that's a nice song Billy
Bob thanks Big Al but you know I think
we need to work up a few different kinds
of songs you know something side just
swamp country music I think folks like a
little
variety what other kind of music is
there Billy
ball oh there's lots of kinds of music
there's rock and roll and
big band and Dixie Land and blues all
kinds how do you play Blues son I didn't
know you could color the
music you don't color the music Ribbit
Blues is a feeling Blues is music from
the soul I'd sure like to learn some
blues well if you want to learn some
blues you got to go to
bluesville bluesville where's
that ain't quite sure I heard it's on
the other side of lost Lagoon across
Foggy
[Music]
Bottom did you say Foggy
[Music]
Bottom that's
right son Foggy Bottom is a home
of the
boogeyman h uh I never did care too much
for blues
anyway the
boogeyman a that's just an old fairy
tale there's no such
thing son I hear tell that the Boogey
Man is 100 ft high and he's got three
heads and he eats anything that comes
into Foggy
Bottom now Ribbit who do you know that's
actually seen this Boogey
Man a boy nobody that ever saw him ever
came back to tell about
it in other words he's just a legend
well I'm going to Foggy Bottom to learn
some blues anybody coming with
me Billy Bob are you sure that boogeyman
ain't
real of course not they just told you
that to scare
you well I guess I'll go with you
if you're real
sure at a boy Joe we'll leave first
thing in the
morning well if you boys are crazy
enough to go to Foggy Bottom I guess
I'll take you there on the river Queen
but just to the edge of Foggy Bottom
that's as far as I go
[Music]
hey Ribbit how long have you been taking
boats through lost
Lagoon son I've been taking boats
through here since I was me high to a
sandcraft why back in the storm of 79 I
was taking this Showboat down the river
suddenly I look up ahead and see this
giant
whirlpool well everyone but me was ready
to jump but I said stay where you are I
can get us through so there we were just
me against the
[Music]
whirpool well boys this is as far as I
go
this is the edge of Foggy Bottom home of
the
boogeyman Billy bom do you still want to
go through with
this of course there's no such thing is
the boogy man now let's
go I'll wait here till it's time
tomorrow night if you ain't back I'll
know you didn't make it well it's been
nice knowing you boys
[Music]
Billy ball I hope that was your stomach
growling I thought it was
yours well there's nothing to be afraid
of Joe
oh I ain't
afraid I'm tougher than I
look I'm much tougher than I
look so if you're a robber or a
crook don't judge my cover until you
read my book cuz I'm much tougher than I
look I don't look tough I won't deny it
but if you're looking for a
fet I'm tough as I can be and if you
mess with me I'll hit you with a left
and then a
riot I'm not afraid of
anything no man or beast can scare me I
fight just as good as I can
sing if you're in need just call on
me oh I'm much tougher than you
think and I am quicker than a
wink you better test the water before
you take a drink cuz I'm much tougher
than you
think he's not afraid of
anything no man or beast can scare me he
fites just as good as he can s oh if
you're in need just call on
me oh I'm much tougher than I
look so if you're a robber or a crook
don't judge my cover until you read my
book cuz I'm much tougher a rough F CER
I'm much tougher than I look yeah I'm
much tougher than I
[Music]
look please don't hurt us Mr
Boogeyman hey harry what's the big idea
scaring my friend what if I scared one
of your
friends uh I ain't got no friends cuz
I'm big and
ugly it's not CA the way you look it's
CZ you go around scaring everybody
telling them you're the Boogey
Man but I thought bears were supposed to
scare
Critters I'm sorry I scared your little
friend
there oh uh I wasn't really scared
I'm tougher than I
look besides I'm not the
boogeyman oh well we're trying to get to
bluesville do you know the
way to
bluesville why sure I do that's where
the boogeyman
[Music]
lives the
boogeyman you mean there really is a
creature out here
oh no he's not a creature he's T-Bone
Willie the king of the Blues he plays
Boogie
music T-Bone Willie huh sounds like the
Critter we're looking for can you take
us to him
friend you call me friend no one ever
called me that
before well Harry I got a feeling you're
going to have lots of friends soon as
folks learn what a nice guy you really
are
let's go see T-Bone Willie friends
[Music]
hold it right there boy what do you
quitters
want we want to see T-Bone
willing what do you want to see him
for we want him to teach us some
blues you don't just decide to learn the
blues boy you got to live the blues the
blues come from inside
you well I think we got some blues
inside us but how will we know if no one
shows
us cut on that light
boy that boy need a
haircut who are
you I got blues in my shoes and Blues in
my hands and nobody plays Blues like the
T-bone
man you're T-Bone
Will I Know Who I Am boy who are
you I'm Billy Bob posum and this here's
Joe raccoon we're part of the swamp
Critters band over in Lost
Lagoon the swamp Critters huh I believe
I heard you boys playing a time or two
when the night's real still I can hear
clean Crosser by you you boys ain't too
bad then you'll teach us some
blues son I'll please some blues if you
got the blues in you it'll come out if
it ain't in you I can't teach
it all right Boo I want you to take that
stick and lay me down a beat come on
come
on there you go that's
right that's right now come on in now
with a little guitar come
on there you
go that's a
way right now bring in a little bit of
Bas come
on just a simple little B that's right
now I'm going to play a little harmonica
[Music]
all right now now you're cooking now
you're cooking now we going to lay down
a little riff just a simple little riff
now all right here we
go there you go now
now you got it boy now you got
it come
on all
right now boys let's play a little Blues
[Music]
this feel some guitar
[Music]
boy that boys all
right that's
it here we go
[Music]
the
[Music]
[Music]
real boy looks like you fellas got the
blues inside y all right ain't nobody in
these parts ever been able to stay with
old
T-Bone Willie that was great hey I got
an idea why don't you come back to Lost
Lagoon with us and we'll do a blue show
at Big ow
real I don't know oh Willie ain't left
Foggy Bottom in over 40
years well it's time the rest of the
world heard the blues and who better to
play them than the boogeyman T-Bone
Willie King of the Blues
[Music]
I was afraid of this looks like I'll be
looking for a new baseman and a new
guitar
player why you made it you mean that 100
foot creature didn't eat
up of course not he even came back with
us you brought back the boogeyman looks
like we're
doom Ribbit meet T-Bone Willie The
Boogeyman
son why he don't look scary at all well
time for
launch good I'm
staring me too
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
I saw you walking into the
room I got a whip for that French
perfume you sweep me on my feet like a
broom ooh what you doing a me
girl I used to think I was doing all
right
all of a sudden you came
insan now I don't know if it's day or
night o what you doing to me
[Music]
girl my knees are shaking like a p
Paradise I got a fever but I'm cold as
ice I don't know what it is but it show
feel nice ooh what you doing ooh what
you doing ooh what you doing to me girl
[Music]
[Applause]
thank you gumbo thank you mighty fine
son mighty
fine now folks that was a song that was
written by our special guest tonight we
are honored to have with us the king of
the Blues so let's give a warm lost
Lagoon welcome to t-bone Willie The
Boogeyman
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
well gather around Critters and hear the
news if you really want to learn the
blues then you got to know how to Boogie
you got to know how to
Boogie got to know how to Boogie the
Boogie with the boogie
man now you might know how to rock and
roll but if you ain't got no soul and
you don't know how to Boogie you got to
know how to
Boogie got to know how to Boogie the
Boogie with the boogie man now listen
and learn
[Music]
where you can sing and play and dance
all night but you're never going to get
it right if you don't know how to BR it
you got to know how to BR it got to know
how to Boogie the Boogie with the Boogie
Man gumbo
[Music]
well you got to know how to boot it got
know how to you got to know how to boot
it got to know got to know how to it got
to know how to got to know how to it
know how you got to know how to Boogie
the Boogie with the boogie man
[Music]
that's
[Applause]
right thank you Willie that was
great well folks this has been a mighty
exciting week for the swamp Critters for
one thing we learned that it's foolish
to be afraid of what we don't know now
the whole bayou's been afraid of the
boogeyman for for as long as I can
remember and it turns out that the
boogeyman is just T-Bone Willie playing
Boogie music and we also learned a
different kind of music The Blues from
the king of the Blues himself and I just
want to say to t-bone Willie you're
welcome in Lost Lagoon
anytime well that's our show for tonight
hope y'all enjoyed it on behalf of all
the swamp Critters Joe
raccoon riid E
Lee Big Al
Gator
gumbo and the lovely
armadel this is Billy Bob posum saying
we appreciate it and we'll see you next
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
time down in the swamp among the side
knees the big Live Oaks and evergreen
trees they on the banks of lost Lagoon
you can see big owls By the Light of the
[Music]
Moon every day when the Sun goes down
Critters start coming from miles around
to see the star of Al's Big Show a
fiddler crab named gumbo gumba sings and
he plays a Biddle and pck guitar E the
byou moon young girl screaming and old
men Whittle tapping their feet to a
[Applause]
fiddling
hey you'll see all the critters of lost
Lagoon Billy Bop posum and Joe raccoon
Big Al is tickle in the ivories and back
on the drums it's Ribbit Le keeping the
bead and tapping his toe for a fidd of
crab named gumbo gumbo sings and he
plays a Biddle PS guitar E the by you
Moon young girls screaming old men
Whittle tapping their feet to a
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
bidding
hey yeah gumbo sings and he plays a
fiddle and picks guitar the by you Moon
young girl screaming old men Whittle
tapping her feet to a fiddling h
o
hey hey comeo play that F
man hey
[Music]
[Applause]
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01x06 - Bluesville
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