Old Molly Hair

(words collected by Peter Budd)

From Old Time String Band Songbook; from Fiddling Powers and Family

Old Molly Hair, what you doing there
Running down the road just as hard as I can tear
Run down one, run down two
Run down one, and give it to you

Step back step back, daddy shot a bear
Shot him in the eye and he never touched a hair
Old Molly Hair, what you doing there
Sitting on the hillside, eating on a bear

Jump up, jump up, yonder comes a bear
Coming down the hillside as hard as he can tear
Look back, look back daddy shot a bear
Shot him in the eye and he never touched a hair

Old Molly Hair, if you don’t care
Leave my liquor jug setting right there
Old Molly Hair, she took a spell
Kicked my liquor jug all to ----

Step back step back, daddy shot a bear
Shot him in the eye and he never touched a hair
Old Molly Hair, what you doing there
Running through the briar patch as hard as I can tear

I’d rather be here than to be back there
Big ball of cuckleberries tangled in my hair
Step back step back, daddy shot a bear
Shot him in the eye and he never touched a hair



From Brad Leftwich. Round Peak Style Clawhammer Banjo.
Words from Tommy Jarrell. 
Key D

Old Molly Hair, what’ya doing there
Sitting on the hillside, shooting at a bear
Old Molly Hair, what’ya doing there
Running through the cotton patch as hard as I can tear



From Mudcat

Old Molly Hair, What're you doin' there?
Sittin on a haystack , Shootin' at a bear.
Shot at one Shot at two
Shot at another one, An' give it to you.

Old Molly Hair, What're you doin' there?
Sittin on a butter dish, Pickin' out a hair.
Picked out one, Picked out two
Picked out another one , An' give it to you.

Old Molly Hair, What're you doin' there?
Sittin in a corner, Smokin' a segar.
I lit one, I lit two
I lit another one, An' give it to you.