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A Horse Named Bill Lyrics by Jerry Garcia, David Grisman

Not for Kids Only

1993

I had a horse and his name was Bill
And when he ran, he couldn't stand still
He ran away one day
And also I ran with him
He ran so fast he could not stop
He ran into a barbershop
Fell exhaustionized - with his eye teeth
In the barber's left shoulder
I had a gal and her name was Daisy
When she sang, the cat went crazy
With deliriums - St. Vituses
And all kinds of cataleptics
One day she sang a song about
A man who turned himself inside out
And jumped into the river
He was so very sleepy
I'm going out in the woods next year
And shoot for beer and not for deer
Well, I am, well, I ain't
I'm a great sharpshootress
At shooting birds I am a beaut
There is no bird I cannot shoot
In the eye, in the ear, in the teeth
And in the fingers
I went up in a balloon so big
The people on Earth looked like a pig
Like a mouse, like a caddydid
Like flyses and like fleases
The balloon had turned up with its bottom side high
Fell on the wife of a country squire
She made a noise like a doghound
Like a steam whistle and like dynamite
What could you do in a case like that
What could you do but stamp on your hat
Or on your mother, on your toothbrush
And everything that's helpless
Credits
Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia

David Grisman

David Grisman

About “A Horse Named Bill” by Jerry Garcia

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"A Horse Named Bill" is credited to Jerry Garcia, David Grisman. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"A Horse Named Bill" appears on "Not for Kids Only" in 1993.

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