[COLOR="#B22222"][SIZE=4]“Coon Named Scrounge”[/SIZE][/COLOR]
Pastiche by Janet Tolin of a song written by
Jim Croce. 1973 “Leroy Brown”
Intro: F, F, G7, C7, F, C7
F
On the south side of the Forest
G7
Lives the baddest raccoon around
A7 Bb
And if you go down there you just better beware
C7 F C7
Of a coon who’s name is Scrounge
F
Now, Scrounge he’s so onry, you see,
G7
He stands about 3 foot tall
A7 Bb
All the mamas call him the “Midnight Bandit”,
C7 F C7
All the dads just call him “Cur!”
CHORUS
F
Well he’s a bad, bad coon named Scrounge,
G7
Baddest coon in the whole darned town
A7 Bb
He’s badder than a wolverine,
C7 F C7
Meaner than the monsters in your dreams
F
Now Scrounge, he’s a rambler,
G7
And he likes your garbage can
A7 Bb
And he likes to behave like a bratty child
C7 F C7
Chewin’ holes in the attic fan
F
Well, he wears a phantom mask,
G7
He’s got stripes like a lemur too
A7 Bb
He’s only just begun to make a mess here son,
C7 F C7
He just put poo poo in your shoe!
CHORUS
F
Well Friday, “bout a week ago,
G7
He sniffed a scent that did entice,
A7 Bb
He went into the tent of a girl named Doris,
C7 F C7
And, oooh, that girl smelled nice!
F
Well, he crawled into her lap,
G7
Then she pet him like a cat,
A7 Bb
But, ol’ Scrounge learned his lesson ‘bout messin’
C7 F C7
Around with a tent full of girls like that.
CHORUS
F
Well, all the young girls were frightened,
G7
When they saw it weren’t a kitty cat
A7
Oh, they shrieked so loud,
Bb
And then they all passed out
C7 F C7
And they squashed that raccoon flat.
F
He was a bad, bad coon named Scrounge,
G7
Baddest coon in the whole darned town
A7 Bb
He’s badder than a wolverine,
C7 F C7
Meaner than the monsters in your dreams
A7 Bb
He was badder than a wolverine,
C7 F C7 F
Meaner than the monsters in your dreams