Bishop Danced Lyrics

Bishop danced with a thumbscrew woman
Did a double-quick back-flip and slid across the floor
The Catholic traffic flowed freely across the river
And fiddlestick fiddled quick out the front door
Baby dumpling, mama's in the back tree
If the bough breaks mama might fall
Little sad and only, baby don't be lonely
Mama knows 'rithmetic, knows how to take a fall
Mama knows 'rithmetic, knows how to take a fall

And the kids are crying
"Flapjacks, make'em fat, early in the morning"
Little Jack, grab your hat
Hear the breakfast call
Muskrat, bad old cat, kick him in the fireplace
There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" on their horn
There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" like they're born

Well, Maverick Daddy got a one-eyed bride
She glides like a monkey-mule kickin' on the backslide
Over hill, over hill, Daddy don't you spill now
Papa got a switch-stick, he's pumping little Bill
Papa got a switch-stick, he's pumping little Bill
And Bill, he's crying
"Tomahawk, tomahawk, Daddy better duck now"
The Mohawks, the Mohawks, they're still out there in the woods
Monatuk, Ocanuk, running through my dreams now
With fire on their fingertips and Indian screams
Fire on their fingertips and feathers made of moonbeams

Early in the morning the cannoneer cried
"I seen the sailor's warning in the western sky"
Oh mountain man, if you can, cut me down a fir tree
Branches full of candlesticks for baby and me
And my darling cried, she said, "Honey, the weather vane lately it's been pointin' the way to heaven"
Scatterbrains, Scatterbrains, watch out where you fall
Champagne, champagne, a round for all the old choirboys
They're bustin' off the altar chasing
Dinah through the hall
They're bustin' off the altar chasing
Dinah through the hall

And like kids they're crying
"Flapjacks, make 'em fat, early in the morning"
Little Jack, grab your hat
Hear the breakfast call
Muskrat, bad old cat, kick him in the fireplace
There's someone in the kitchen blowing "Dinah" on their horn
There's someone in the kitchen blowing
"Dinah" like they're born.