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7th And Beale / Stanfield Major, Lyricist / Gilbert Sanchez, Music Writer: Music

Bonus track: Nelly Nettle And Cactus Jack (What A Prickly Pair)

(7th And Beale)
Gilbert Sanchez and Stanfield Major

Jerald Archer from Kompoz.com added the fiddle track.

Jeffrey Long from Kompoz.com added the mandolin and backup vocal tracks.

Dario Ghersi from Kompoz.com added the bass track and did the mixing.

                   Nelly Nettle And Cactus Jack

 

Nelly Nettle lived all alone

high on a mountain near San Antone.

Cactus Jack was a footloose guy

till the day Nelly caught his eye.

 

When he came callin' that fine day

she gave him a shove;

he grabbed her on his way down

that's how they fell in love.

 

CHORUS:

Nelly Nettle and Cactus Jack

what a strange affair

Nelly Nettle and Cactus Jack

what a prickly pair

What a prickly pair they were

she'd sting him and he'd stick her

but they stuck together

like cockleburrs  What a prickly pair.

 

Fussin' fightin' through all those years

wouldn't let anyone interfere

and as far as we could see

what they loved was the misery.

 

And when Nelly passed away

no one saw Jack cry

but before the week was through

Jack laid down and died.

 

 (CHORUS)

 

And when Nelly passed away

no one saw Jack cry

but before the week was through

Jack laid down and died.

 

(CHORUS)

 

But they stuck together like cockleburs

What a prickly pair