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Recorded by: Jimmy Dickens
Writer: Boudleaux Bryant and Jimmy Dickens
My daddy gave a calf to me
For a Christmas present once
I picked a little heifer out
'Cause both of us were runts
She never had no sense
But she grew up alright somehow
And when it came to givin' milk
She was an educated cow.
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Bessie the heifer, the queen of all cows.
She gave more milk than any law allows.
In the mornin' she gave pasteurized,
at nite she gave homogenized
Bessie the heifer, the queen of all the cows.
I took her to the county fair to try to win a prize.
She knew what was goin' on. I saw it in her eyes.
The contest made her nervous. She tried so hard to please.
But when I tried to milk her, all I got was cottage cheese.
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I planted me a 'tater patch to earn some extra dough.
To take a short vacation with some city folks I know.
But no one else would milk the cow, no matter how I'd nag
So pa took my vacation, leavin' me to hold the bag.
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