LyricMeaning

Little Highball
Del Reeves

When they gave me twenty years for a crime I didn't do

I was sure I'd lose my mind long before my time was through

All I did was sit and cry when I wasn't busting rocks

One Day I found an ant doing things a human can't

And I made his home a matchbox

Well I love that little lass cause he never tried to bite

I would find him in my cell when they locked me in each night

I thought it better have a name so he'd understand my call

I was dying for a drink here's the reason why I think

I named him little highball

For the first five years I taught him how to dance

I kept dreaming Ed Sullivan booked him solid in advance

I used to laugh till I cry for upon the prison wall

Dancing every which way up and down like Danny Kaye

Was my funny little highball

Well it took another ten teaching highball how to talk

He could even right is name dragging round a piece of chalk


I said whenever I get out Jimmy Dean is bound to call

On his television show millions everywhere will know

How I trained little highball

The remainder of my time little highball learned to sing

And he didn't miss a note imitating Jimmy Dean

Well I knew in Hollywood he'd be the biggest star of all

For his name would be in lights when Wal Dooney set his sights

On my famous little highball

But now I'm doing life for the death of Joey Brown

I have taken little highball to a bar to win some rounds

I said you see this little ant what a horrible mistake

Joey stomped on highballs life I took Joey's with a knife

While he was saying

Yeah them little a - are all over this place ha ha ha


  Purchase "Little Highball"   Purchase Entire Album   Email Video to Friends   Play Youtube "Little Highball" Video   Play Spotify "Little Highball" Song   View Wikipedia "Little Highball" Entry   Receive Emails for Future Del Reeves Lyrics

Email:

  Link to "Little Highball"   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Lyrics For You

Loading...

Lyrics by Del Reeves

  A Dime at a Time   A Dime at a Time   According To My Heart   Ain't That Right   All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers   All Together Now   Am I Losing You   Another Pretty Country Song   Anywhere U.s.a.   At The Sight Of You   Baby Ride Easy   Be Glad   Belles Of The Southern Bell   Bells Of Southern Bell (1965)   Best Is Yet To Come   Big Daddy   Billy Bayou   Bimbo   Birds Eye View   Blame It On My Do Wrong   Bottle Let Me Down   But I Do   Chair That Rocked Us All   Crazy Arms   Crying in the Rain   Dead And Gone   Destiny's Child   Diesel On My Tail   Dime At A Time   Dime At A Time (1967)   Don't Let Your Deal Go Down   Down In The Boondocks   Dozen Pairs Of Boots   Engine Engine No.9   Everybody Wants To Sing A Goodtime Song   Everybody's Got To Be Somewhere   Eyes Don't Come Crying To Me   Eyes, Don't Come Crying to Me   Family Bible   Giddy Up Go   Girl On The Billboard   Girl On The Billboard (1965)   Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad   Got A Little Bit Of Heaven   Grandma Was A Motor   Great Great Day   Green Green Grass Of Home   He'll Have To Go   Heartaches By The Number   Help Me Make It Through The Night   Her And The Car And The Mobile Home   Here We Go Again   Homemade Love   Honky Tonk Man   How Long Has It Been   I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent   I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You   I Don't Feel At Home In This House Anymore   I Don't Have Sense Enough (to Come In Out Of The P...   I Don't Love You Anymore   I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know   I Know One   I Saw The Light   I Threw Away The Rose   I Want To Do Thy Will Oh Lord   I Want Your Heart   I Woke Up   I Would Like To See You Again   I'll Go Get The Tool Box   I'm Not Through Loving You   I've Got A Tiger By The Tail   If You Want Me To I'll Go   In A Mansion Stands My Love   Indian Burial Ground   Is It Really Over   It's A Sin To Tell A Lie   Just A Closer Walk With Thee   King Of The Road   Laughter Keeps Running Down My Cheeks   Less Of Me   Less of Me [*]   Let Your Love Flow   Listen To My Song   Long Black Veil   Looking At The World Through A Windshield   Looking At The World Through The Windshield (1968)   Love Bug   Lover's Question   Make The World Go Away   Mama's Little Jewel   Man Needs Woman   Mexican Joe   Motel Time Again   My Half Of Our Past   My Window Faces The South   No Place To Go But Home   Nothing Seems To Work Anymore   Nothing To Write Home About   Older The Violin The Sweeter The Music   Ole Romeo   On Sunday Afternoon   On The Back Row   On The Rebound   One Bum Town   One More Round Of Gin   Our Way Of Life   Paper Bunny   Phantom 309   Philadelphia Fillies   Philadelphia Fillies (1971)   Plain As The Tears On My Face   Private   Puttin' in Overtime at Home   Race Is On   Right Back Loving You Again   Satisfied   She Thinks I Still Care   Sidewalks Of Chicago   Six Days On The Road   So Much Got Lost   Son Of The South   Stand At Your Window   Stranger In My Place   Suspicious Minds   Sweet Thang And Cisco   Swinging Doors   Take A Little Good Will Home   Take Good Care Of Her   Talking To The Wall   Teardrops Will Kiss The Morning Dew   The Girl on the Billboard   There Ain't No Easy Run   There Goes My Everything   Things Her Memory Makes   This Must Be The Bottom   This Must Be The Bottom (1966)   Those Railroad Tracks In Between   Three Time Loser   Three Years Late   Travelin' Light   Tree Of Hate   Truck Drivin' Son Of A Gun   Trucker's Paradise   Under Your Spell Again   Voyage Of Ole Chris   Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus   Walking On New Grass   We're The Greatest Lovers In The World   We've Got Same Feelings To Do   When You Are Gone   White Lightning   Why Me Lord?   Why Me Lord?   Wild Blood (1968)   Woman Don't Like A Good Man   Women Do Funny Things To Me   Wood Would   Working Like The Devil For The Lord   You're The Happy Song I Sing

Related Songs

  HIGHBALL SHOOTER - Glenn Hughes  Black Sheep - Daryle Singletary & John Anderson  Black Sheep - John Anderson  Black Sheep - Daryle Singletary  Highball Shooter - Deep Purple  The Fake But No Finish - Readymade  Cornell Fight Song - Cornell  West Wye - Avail  Highball Shooter [#][Instrumental] - Deep Purple  Under the Influence - Citizen King  Greyhound - Pond  Thanks for the Memory - Stan Getz  Thanks for the Memory - Bing Crosby  Thanks for the Memory [#] - Erroll Garner  Thanks for the Memory - Dick Hyman  Thanks for the Memory - Bruno Bertone Orchestra  Thanks for the Memory - Bob Hope  Thanks for the Memory - Ray Conniff  Thanks for the Memory - Martha Tilton  Thanks for the Memory [From The Bob Hope Show]...  Thanks for the Memory - Benny Goodman  Thanks for the Memory - Ray Anthony  Thanks for the Memory - Charlie & His Orchestra  Thanks for the Memory - Dave Pell  Thanks for the Memory - Greta Keller  Thanks for the Memory...  Thanks for the Memory - Leonard Feather  Thanks for the Memory...  Thanks for the Memory - Grant P. Chilcott  Thanks for the Memory [From the Film The Big Broad...  Thanks for the Memory - Oscar Pettiford  Thanks for the Memory - Lee Konitz  Thanks for the Memory - Starlite Orchestra  Thanks for the Memory - Ronnell Bright  Thanks for the Memory - Gordon Langford  Thanks for the Memory - Erroll Garner  Thanks for the Memory - Ramsey Lewis  Thanks for the Memory - Roy Fox  Thanks for the Memory - James Moody  Thanks for the Memory - Serge Chaloff  Thanks for the Memory [*] - Bob Cooper  Thanks for the Memory - Bertha Hope  Thanks For The Memory (from the film The Big Broad...  Thanks for the Memory - Coleman Hawkins  Thanks for the Memory [Special Lyric] - Bob Hope  Thanks for the Memory - Turner Layton  Thanks for the Memory - Anita O'Day  Thanks for the Memory - Dave McKenna  Thanks for the Memory - Roy Eldridge  Thanks for the Memory - Susannah Mccorkle  Thanks for the Memory - Dave MacKay  Thanks for the Memory...  Thanks for the Memory - Jim Hall  Thanks for the Memory - Women's Chorus of Dallas  Thanks for the Memory - Dorothy Lamour  Thanks for the Memory - Teddy Wilson  Thanks for the Memory - Teddy Wilson  Thanks for the Memory [1943] - Bob Hope  Thanks for the Memory - Joyce Breach  Thanks for the Memory - Dempsey Wright  Thanks for the Memory - Gordon Langford  Thanks for the Memory - Roy Fox & His Band  Thanks for the Memory [Tenor Sax Solo]...  Thanks for the Memory - Stacey Kent  Thanks for the Memory - Henry Mancini  Thanks for the Memory - Dave Frishberg  Thanks for the Memory - Gary Nichols  Thanks for the Memory [From the Big Broadcast of 1...  Thanks for the Memory - Buddy Childers  Thanks for the Memory [From Big Broadcast of 1938]...  Thanks for the Memory - K.T. Sullivan  Thanks for the Memory - Gordon Jenkins  Thanks for the Memory - The Platters  Thanks for the Memory - Monty Alexander  Thanks for the Memory - Shirley Ross  Thanks for the Memory - Dick Haymes  Thanks for the Memory - Herb Alpert  Thanks for the Memory - Ramsey Lewis Trio  Thanks For the Memory - Neal Hefti & His Orchestra  Thanks for the Memory (Reprise) - Jan Daley  Thanks for the Memory - Frank Tate  Thanks for the Memory [From the Big Broadcast of 1...  Thanks for the Memory - Mark Elf  Thanks for the Memory - Weather Report  Thanks for the Memory [From the Big Broadcast]...  Thanks for the Memory...  Thanks for the Memory [From Big Broadcast of 1938]...  Thanks for the Memory - Jim Hall Trio  Thanks for the Memory [Live][*]...  Thanks for the Memory - Siân Phillips  Ain't That Fine - Roger Miller  Thanks for the Memory [From the Big Broadcast of 1...  Thanks for the Memory [From the Broadcast of 1938]...  Thanks for the Memory - The Cliff Adams Singers  Thanks for the Memory - Ray Brown  Thanks for the Memory - Leonard Feather All Stars  Thanks for the Memory - Yvonne Monnett  Thanks for the Memory - Bob Cooper  Thanks for the Memory {from the Big Broadcast of 1...  Thanks for the Memory - The Swingfield Big Band  Ain't That Fine - Roger Miller  Thanks for the Memories - Bob Hope & Friends  Amsterdam On Easter Sunday - Mark Mulcahy  Thanks for the Memory - Shep Fields  Thanks for the Memory...  Thanks for the Memory [From Big Broadcast of 1938]...  Thanks For The Memory - Harry Nilsson  Highball With the Devil - Les Claypool  Highball with the Devil...  Picasso's Tear - Stan Ridgway  Thanks For The Memory - Rod Stewart  Southern Pacific - Neil Young  Southern Pacific - Neil Young & Crazy Horse  Who's Got The Fire - Corrosion Of Conformity  Who's Got The Fire - Corrosion Of Conformity  Some Kinda Wonderful - Sky  Playing With Girls - Ac Dc  PLAYING WITH GIRLS - AC/DC  One Meatball - Pig  Playing With Girls - AC\/DC  Southern Cannonball - Hank Snow  Playing With Girls - AC/DC  The Highs and Lows of Being Number One...  HAND ON ST. CHRISTOPHER - Rod Stewart  Hang On St. Christopher - Rod Stewart  Manteca - Billy Woods  Wabash Cannonball - Dan Zanes & Bob Weir  You Oughta Be in Pictures - Little Jack Little  Lullaby of Broadway - Little Jack Little  Hold Me - Little Jack Little  Little Little Little - An Horse  Little By Little - The Wannadies  Little By Little - Whitney Duncan  Little By Little - Blue Foundation  Little By Little - Groove Armada  Little by Little - Junior Wells  Little by Little - Earl Hooker  Little by Little - Lowell Fulson  Little by Little - Willie Dixon  Little By Little - Hot Box  Little by Little - Billy Childish  Little by Little [*] - Robert Plant  Little By Little - Susan Tedeschi  Little By Little - Marion Raven  Little by Little - Radiohead  Little By Little* - The Rolling Stones  Little By Little - Supertramp  Little By Little - Gene Watson  Little by Little [#] - Groove Armada  Little By Little - Dusty Springfield  Little By Little - Ulf Nilsson  Little By Little - B.b. King  Little By Little - Alice Cooper  Little By Little - UB40  LITTLE BY LITTLE - The Rolling Stones  Little By Little - Rolling Stones  Little By Little - Gregg Allman  Little By Little - Oasis  Little by Little - Ray Stevens  Little By Little - Naruto  Little By Little...  Little by little - Hypnogaja  Little By Little - Raven Symone  Little By Little - Archie Roach  Little By Little - Robert Plant  little - Sarah Hudson  Little - Little Feat  Little - Seven Places  Little - Sicko  Little - Something Corporate  So What - Little Wings  My New Dick - Little Wings  The World Should Revolve Around Me - Little Jackie  Black Barbie - Little Jackie  Wonderful Again - Little Fans  Sweet and Lovely - Booker Little  Fallen - Little Fans  Spaceship - Sharon Little  Follow That Sound - Sharon Little  Peppermint and Glue - Sharon Little  Child in a Storm - Sharon Little  magic wand - Little Wings  Ooh! My Soul [Alternate Take] - Little Richard  Land of a Thousand Dances - Little Richard  Splendid Isolation - Little Angels  Soapbox - Little Angels  After Dark - Little Birdy  Feeding on the Night - Little Birdy  If I - Little Birdy  Take Time to Know Her - Little Porkchop  Bodies - Little Birdy  Somebody New - Little Birdy  Atlantic Bridge - Little Lungs  White and Green - Little Lungs  Ten Sets of Jaws - Little Lungs  The Big Six - Little Lungs  Dreary - Little Lungs  Pet Cemetery - Little Lungs  Adultery - Little Comets  Pin That Badge - Little Barrie
  Please consider supporting this site by Clicking Here and Bookmarking whenever you search and shop Amazon. It costs you nothing but it supports us and gives us credit and we appreciate it greatly.