DEBUTANTE BALL

by Willie Tyson



Get your gold lame slippers from the closet

The ones your mama bought for you today

Get that lavender chiffon thing you wanted

I can't believe the price I had to pay

Get dressed up like a queen now

And don't forget them fancy pearls

Meet me directly in the hall

I'm taking my fine bred Southern daughter girl

Out to the debutante ball



The Debutante Ball is my favorite function

It happens every year about this time

It coincides with our local cattle auction

The best breeding stock in the county all in a line

I run back and forth between the auction and the ball

Thinkin', "Sherwood, ain't you lucky, ain't you fine

The best cows on four legs and the prettiest gals on two

Ain't nobody else's but mine"



Get your gold lame halter from the tack room

The one you won all them ribbons in last spring

You been a winner in your time, old Red Satin

But since you had them three calves you ain't won a thing

Brush up your hide now and don't forget to trim your hooves

Leave behind you a clean stall

I'm gonna drop you off at the cattle auction

On my way to the Debutante Ball



This year's ball is quite a splendid occasion

I feel it in my bones, it's gonna be fine

I'm standing here in great anticipation

As the time nears for my little girl to walk the line

What's this I see, Clompin' up to me

Stompin' and sheddin' all over the hall?

My God, it's Red Satin, how, how, how, how could this have

happened?

It's my cow at the Debutante ball

printed in Here's to the Women

@feminist

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