I lived in a place called OkfuskeeAnd I had a little girl in a holler treeI said, «Little girl, it’s plain to seeAin’t nobody that could sing like meAin’t nobody that could sing like me»
She said, «It’s hard for me to seeHow one little boy got so ugly»Yes, my little girly, that might beBut there ain’t nobody that could sing like meAin’t nobody that could sing like me
Way over yonder in the minor keyWay over yonder in the minor keyThere ain’t nobody that could sing like me
We walked down by the Buckeye CreekTo see the frog eat the goggle-eye beeTo hear that west wind whistle to the eastThere ain’t nobody that could sing like meAin’t nobody that could sing like me
Oh, my little girly, will you let me see?Way over yonder where the wind blows freeNobody can see in our holler tree
And there ain’t nobody that could sing like meAin’t nobody that could sing like me
Way over yonder in the minor keyWay over yonder in the minor keyThere ain’t nobody that could sing like me
Her mama cut a switch from a cherry treeAnd laid it on to she and meIt stung lots worse than a hive of beesBut there ain’t nobody that could sing like meAin’t nobody that could sing like me
Now I’ve walked a long, long waysI still look back to my Tanglewood daysI’ve led lots of girls since then to straySaying ain’t nobody that could sing like meAin’t nobody that could sing like me
Way over yonder in the minor keyWay over yonder in the minor keyAin’t nobody that could sing like me
Way over yonder in the minor keyWay over yonder in the minor keyAin’t nobody that could sing like meAin’t nobody that could sing like me