Verse 1:
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Have you heard the story of the Mobile Goat from the Grand ole Southern Shore
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On the lovely isle of Newfoundland where goats don?t roam no more
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It?s about a man named Dylan who?s cursing was of note
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And how he was digging for spuds one day when he spoke to the Mobile Goat
Verse 2:
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Now the Goat had been stealing Dylan?s spuds for twenty years or more
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And every time he saw him Dylan cursed and raged and swore
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He was digging hard in his field this time and the goat was chewing away
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Near a great big six foot granite rock when Dylan heard him say
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Are you diggin em Dylan? (3 shots) Are you diggin? em deep? (3shots)
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Are you piling em Dylan (3 Shots) in a nice big heap?
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Oh I?m diggin em says Dylan, not enough to fill me boat
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But I?d be diggin em more if it wasn?t for you, you rotten stinking goat
Verse 3:
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Now Dylan got the fright of his life when he knew just what took place
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And he said Good Lord ?tis the Devil himself come to snatch me from your grace
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He?s gonna take me for my sacrilege and rotten life of sin
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And he ran like mad down the hill to home and the goat just pitched right in
Verse 4:
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But, you see it was the priest just passing by when he heard old Dylan curse
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At the goat and the spuds and the Lord above for making all things worse
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Just to hush the roars at Heaven above he thought he?d bid Good Day
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And as he passed the garden fence the good priest he did say
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Are you diggin em Dylan? (3 shots) Are you diggin? em deep? (3shots)
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Are you piling em Dylan (3 Shots) in a nice big heap?
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Oh I?m diggin em says Dylan, not enough to fill me boat
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But I?d be diggin em more if it wasn?t for you, you rotten stinking goat
Verse 5:
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You can never tell Dylan t?was the priest who spoke to his cursing spree
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Passing quietly behind that rock so Dylan couldn?t see
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And to this day in Mobile on the Grand Old Southern Shore
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There?s a thousand who believe the goat spoke out when Dylan swore
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Are you diggin em Dylan? (3 shots) Are you diggin? em deep? (3shots)
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Are you piling em Dylan (3 Shots) in a nice big heap?
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Oh I?m diggin em says Dylan, not enough to fill me boat
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But I?d be diggin em more if it wasn?t for you, you rotten stinking goat
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But I?d be diggin em more if it wasn?t for you, you rotten stinking goat