Lyrics to Swamp Yankee

Ayup

I'm goin' down east

I'm goin' under

Gonna fill my boots

With the rain & thunder

From Ammonoosuc

Down to Chicopee

I'm gonna ride this river

Right to the sea

I ain't no punk (ain't no punk)

Just a little bit stanky (a little bit stanky)

I got the funk (I got the funk)

I'm a swamp yankee (swamp yankee)

Swamp yankee

Yes I am, swamp yankee

Y'see, my grandpa

He's a half Pequot

Scrapin' a livin'

From a lobster pot

He was raised

By the mooncussers

Methodist deacons

Them turkey buzzards

Grew a family

Of his own

Put down roots

In a field of stone

He ain't no punk (ain't no punk)

Just a little bit cranky (a little bit cranky)

He got the funk (he got the funk)

Of a swamp yankee (swamp yankee)

Swamp yankee

Ah, yes he is, yes he is

Swamp yankee

Hey, ayuh

It's been hardscrabble

Since the mill shut down

But I'm a barnacle

On the edge of town

I built this trailer (oh yes he did)

In the sand

So let the tide come in, I don't care

I'm a lobster man

I ain't no punk (ain't no punk)

Just a little bit stanky (a little bit stanky)

I got the funk (I got the funk)

I'm a swamp yankee (swamp yankee)

I got a yard fulla junk (yard fulla junk)

Ain't nothin' swanky (nothin' swanky)

I got the funk (I got the funk)

I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a

I'm a swamp yankee

Oh, nothin' but a swamp yankee

Yes I am, now lookit, baby

I got the claw

Of a lobstermon

And when I go to work

I get the job done

Tell ya I got the claw

Of nothin' but a swamp yankeemon....

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