Little Did I Know

(Bill McCorvey - Greg Crowe - Dave Gibson)



Little Jolena, a dark haired darling

Skin of ivory, angel eyes

Every man in Louisana wanted her sweet love

But she swore on the Bible she was mine, all mine.



Hey, little did I know she was wild as the bayou

Catch a man on a cane pole, hang his heart on the line

I thought I could hold her, me oh, my oh

Little did I know she had bigger fish to fry.



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My brother tried to warn me, Mama, she scorned me

My friends all told me I was under her spell

But I wouldn't listen, I was lovesick

Without Jolena, life would be a living hell.



Hey, little did I know she was wild as the bayou

Catch a man on a cane pole, hang his heart on the line

I thought I could hold her, me oh, my oh

Little did I know she had bigger fish to fry.



At the church in the Wildwood, standin' at the alter

Little Jolena never showed

I heard later on she left with a dandy

And headed down to Mexico.



Hey, little did I know she was wild as the bayou

Catch a man on a cane pole, hang his heart on the line

I thought I could hold her, me oh, my oh

Little did I know she had bigger fish to fry.



Hey, little did I know she had bigger fish to fry...



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