Country Bumpkin       from “The Sandhill Waltz”

 

Sittin' in the corn

She and I

Watchin' the geese

Fly on by in the sky up above

Together in love

Oh she's my pumpkin

And I'm her country bumpkin

 

Walkin' below

A blue harvest moon

Down by the lake

We heard a loon that was crooning a toon

Above to the moon

Oh yes she's pumpkin

And I'm her country bumpkin

 

Will she still need me

When I'm far away

Should any doubts about her

Care to come my way

 

Walkin' along

An old gravel road

We found a toad

And let it go in the road oh no

The car squished the toad

Oh but she's by pumpkin

And I'm her country bumpkin

 

Chorus

 

by Doug Newman

(c) 1986 Sandthistle Music / ASCAP

 

This is one of the earliest songs I wrote when I lived back in Minneapolis. I added the second verse a few years later when I was living in Kansas City. It's played using an open G6 tuning I think it is.