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Opossum Holler

from Flux of Humor by Doc Otis

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The lyrics for Opossum Holler were taken from a story, imagined by Glen Thomas Sloan (our sax players' grandfather). Tom, who is also the face/logo for Doc Otis, developed the storyline while the band was on their 2016 Southeast Spring tour and Tom was worried about us boys getting enough to eat on the road. As many of the lines as possible have been kept verbatim.

"Oh, opossum is good eatin'. You have to boil it twice to get out all the fat, but, if you do it right, it'll turn out as tender as a mothers' love". -GT Sloan

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Windin’ down the back roads in the ol' jalopy
Hunger set in many days spent on the road
Screamin' 'round a corner sent the gravel justa flyin'
There the opossum stood in the middle of the road

Singin' oom bah that's some mighty fine eatin'
Oom bah justa standin' in the road
Dinner‘s never been so easy
Mash the pedal down on Opossum Holler Road

The opossum saw us comin' a streak across the gravel
Launched himself right up into a tall persimmon tree
Decided he was hungry began to eat persimmons
Persimmon flavored opossum sounded mighty good to me

Singin' oom bah that's some mighty fine eatin'
Oom bah justa hangin' from a tree
Dinner’s never been so easy
Persimmon flavored opossum justa lookin' down at me

A few shakes later he tumbled right down into
A pot of boiling water we had waiting on the ground
Stuffed our guts with the manna from the heavens
Which turned out to be tender as a mother's love

Singin' oom bah that's some mighty fine eatin'
Oom bah justa hangin' standin’ in the road
Dinner’s never been so easy
Persimmon flavored opossum tasted mighty good to me

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from Flux of Humor, released September 22, 2018

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Doc Otis is a junkyard jalopy jazz, steamboat swing-slathered sax guitar (sometimes percussion) which has been distilled in the lead-laden foothills of the Missouri Ozarks & deep fat fried in a vat of the Big Easy.

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