Type: Folk Tune, Minstrel Song
Origin: 1840s, Virginia
I came to town the other night, I heard the noise I saw the fight, the watchman he was running around crying "Old Dan Tucker has come to town"
Now get out the way
Get out the way
Won't you get out the way Old Dan Tucker,
You're too late to get your supper
Now Old Dan Tucker was a mighty man
Washed his face with a frying pan
Combed his hair with a wagon wheel
And died with a toothache in his heel
Now get out the way
Get out the way
Won't you get out the way Old Dan Tucker,
You're too late to get your supper
Now Old Dan Tucker is back in town
Swingin' the ladies all around
First to the right, then to the left,
then to the gal he liked the best
Now get out the way
Get out the way
Won't you get out the way Old Dan Tucker,
You're too late to get your supper
Now Old Dan Tucker is a nice old man
Used to ride a Derby ram
Send him whizzing down the hill
If he hadn't got up he'd be there still
Now get out the way
Get out the way
Won't you get out the way Old Dan Tucker,
You're too late to get your supper
Now Old Dan Tucker and I got drunk
Fell in a fire kicked up a chunk
The charcoal got inside his shoe
Lord, bless me honey how the ashes flew
Now get out the way
Get out the way
Won't you get out the way Old Dan Tucker,
You're too late to get your supper
Well I went to town, to buy some goods
Lost myself in a piece of woods
The night was dark, I had to suffer
Froze to the heel of Daniel Tucker
Now get out the way
Get out the way
Won't you get out the way Old Dan Tucker,
You're too late to get your supper
Now Old Dan Tucker was a hardened sinner
Never said his grace before dinner
The old sow screamed, the pig did squaw
He ate the whole hog tail and all
Now get out the way
Get out the way
Won't you get out the way Old Dan Tucker,
You're too late to get your supper
And now Old Dan, he's a gone sucker
He's never gonna get back on the supper
Old Dan, he's had his last rite
Banjo buried by his side
Now get out the way
Get out the way
Won't you get out the way Old Dan Tucker,
You're too late to get your supper
I came to town the other night, I heard the noise I saw the fight, the watchman he was running around crying "Old Dan Tucker has come to town"
Now get out the way
Get out the way
Won't you get out the way Old Dan Tucker,
You're too late to get your supper
