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Over there in Gleason Tennessee, where I was born and raised 
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I used to take a moonlight stroll in the pasture where the milk cows graze 
One night there she was, sitting up on the fence 
I grinned at her, she grinned back, I could tell she had some sense 
Said,"I'm real pleased to meet ya, Mam. You look like a diamond in the rough." 
She said,"Shut up your fancy talk and give me a pinch of that snuff." 
Well I'm gonna have to admit now, I was just a little bit surprised 
When I handed her that box of snuff, there was love in that woman's eyes 
 
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        Snuff dipper, snuff dipper, it's the story of my life 
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        Snuff dipper, snuff dipper, bet she'd make me a wonderful wife  
 
 
So I courted that gal in the tater patch, I courted her in the sorghum cane 
I kissed her in the sunshine, I even kissed her out in the rain 
First time I kissed them snuff-stained lips we was sittin' on a holler log 
She had breath on her that would stifle a Hampshire hog 
I said, "Whoo! What a pucker! You really know your stuff." 
She said, "You didn't want no kiss at all. You just stole my pinch of snuff." 
 
 
 
Then one night, when the time was right, I said, "Sweety, we ought to get wise. 
Two can dip just as cheap as one if we's to get that giant economy size." 
So we went to the preacher's house, I said, "Preacher, we'd like to get wed." 
He tied the knot, said, "Like her or not, she's yours 'til you're plum dead." 
I said, " Here, lemme pay you something. Reckon a dollar'd be enough?" 
He said, "Naw, just keep your money, boy, and gimme a dip of that snuff." 
Well, I got me a level headed woman now, she's the sweetest thing in the South 
Reason I know she's level headed, I seen it running out of both sides of her mouth.