the floppy boot stomped down onto the ground the farmer screamed and blew the sky off the mountains eye sockets looked down on the chestbone meadows n the sun dropped down and the moon ran off his heels n elbows pale as chalk n all the comets collided n blew to dust for fear they d be seen an the sky turned white in the middle of the night an the sky turned white in the middle of the night an the big floppy boot stomped down onto the ground an the red violin took the bow for to do the hoodoo hoe down an the red violin took the bow for to do the hoodoo hoe down the farmer jumped in a circle n flung his chalk right down do shi do the devil sure showed n he broke of his horns an fiddled him down the road through the fork an the farmer s floppy boot stomped down red tail squirmin and the hot leg kicked and the fire leaped n licked red tail squirmin and the hot leg kicked and the fire leaped n licked and when the boot came up the fire went out and hell was just an ice cube melting off on the ground and the bow caught down for to do the hoodoo hoe down and the bow caught down for to do the hoodoo the devil hoe down and the bow caught down for to do the hoodoo the devil hoe down through the fork huddled in the hollow standin at the crossroads was that bunged up bandaged broken bum that fell in the wrong circle he had a sore red tail that once went red now was pale fe fo fi fum he was summoned up from hell booted down a spell by a square dancin farmer by a square dancin farmer well that old bum was sticking out his thumb when the farmer drew up and said listen son and the horse compared his hooves if you fall into my circle again ill tan your red hide and dance you on your tail and pitch you from now to now pitch you from now to now  and the hotlick kicked and the fire leaped an licked and the hotlick kicked and the fire just leaped an licked and the hotlick kicked and the fire just leaped an licked and the hotlick kickin an the fire jus leapin an lickin and the fire leaped and licked the floppy boot stomped down to the ground the floppy boot stomped down to the ground the floppy boot stomped down to the ground the floppy boot stomped down to the ground the floppy boot stomped down to the ground