It got Old Joe Wiggins while returnin' a fruit jar Out to Bessiemae Hootin's pa's place About a mile out of town on the West Plains Road He disappeared without a trace They discovered his teeth when the County Police Made an investigation of the case And Cousin Belle Simmons said that Sheriff Cartwright Had the strangest look on his face It was the biggest whatever that anybody ever saw It was covered with fur and come a-rollin' in from Arkansas It was 40 feet high, had a gleam in its eye And a big purple patch on its craw It was the biggest whatever that anybody ever saw I saw old man Huntsel, he's a hundred and four Yesterday at Ida Jaffet's house Said it's much bigger now than when it carried off my cow But it's not enough to worry about Back before the war there were a whole lot more But they never came this far south I don't mind seein' one from time to time But I hope it's not its regular route It was the biggest whatever that anybody ever saw It was covered with fur and come a-rollin' in from Arkansas It was 40 feet high, had a gleam in its eye And a big purple patch on its craw It was the biggest whatever that anybody ever saw