Went to town the other night To hear the noise and see the fight Everybody was a-jumpin' around Sayin' Old Dan Tucker is comin' to town Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get yer supper Supper's over and dinner's cookin' Old Dan Tucker just stands there lookin' Old Dan Tucker came to town Swingin' the ladies all around First to the right and then to the left Then to the gal that he loved the best Dan began early in his life To play the banjo and win a wife But every time he'd company keep He'd play himself fast asleep Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get yer supper Supper's over and dinner's cookin' Old Dan Tucker just stands there lookin' Old Dan Tucker came to town Ridin' a billy-goat and leading a hound Hound barked, billy-goat jumped Throwed Dan Tucker upside the stump Old Dan Tucker was a fine old man Washed his face in the frying pan He combed his hair with a wagon wheel Died of the toothache in his heel Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get yer supper Supper's over and dinner's cookin' Old Dan Tucker just stands there lookin' Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get yer supper Supper's over and dinner's cookin' Old Dan Tucker just stands there lookin' Get out the way Get out the way Get out the way, Old Dan Tucker You're too late to get yer supper