[Verse 1]
Ol' Dan Tucker came to town
Riding a billy goat, leading a hound
The hound gave a yelp, the goat gave a jump
And threw poor Dan a-straddle of a stump

[Chorus]
Get out the way for Ol' Dan Tucker
He's too late to get his supper
Supper's over, breakfast cookin'
Ol' Dan Tucker stands there lookin'

[Verse 2]
When that night he went to bed
He pulled a nightcap over his head
He tried to sleep, but it wasn't any use
'Cause his legs hung out for the chickens to roost

[Chorus]
Get out the way for Ol' Dan Tucker
He's too late to get his supper
Supper's over, breakfast cooking
Ol' Dan Tucker stands there looking

[Verse 3]
Ol' Dan Tucker was a mighty man
He washed his face in a frying pan
He combed his hair with a wagon wheel
And had a toothache in his heel

[Chorus]
Get out the way for Ol' Dan Tucker
He's too late to get his supper
Supper's over, breakfast cooking
Ol' Dan Tucker stands there looking

[Verse 4]
Dan wore his shirttails outside his coat
Buttoned his britches up 'round his throat
His nose stuck out, his eyes stuck in
His beard grew out all over his chin

[Chorus]
Get out the way for Ol' Dan Tucker
He's too late to get his supper
Supper's over, breakfast cooking
Ol' Dan Tucker stands there looking

[Verse 5]
Ol' Dan Tucker went to the mill
To get some meal to put in the swill
The miller swore by the point of his knife
He'd never had seen such a man in his life

[Chorus]
Get out the way for Ol' Dan Tucker
He's too late to get his supper
Supper's over, breakfast cooking
Ol' Dan Tucker stands there looking

[Verse 6]
Ol' Dan Tucker the other day
Took a ride in a one-horse sleigh
Horse ran away, sleigh upset
And I haven't seen anything of Daniel yet

[Chorus]
Get out the way for Ol' Dan Tucker
He's too late to get his supper
Supper's over, breakfast cooking
Ol' Dan Tucker stands there looking

[Verse 7]
As Dan came down the new cut road
He met Br'er Terrapin and Br'er Toad
And every time Br'er Toad would sing
Br'er Terrapin cut the pigeon wing

[Chorus]
Get out the way for Ol' Dan Tucker
He's too late to get his supper
Supper's over, breakfast cooking
Ol' Dan Tucker stands there looking

[Verse 8]
Ol' Dan Tucker climbed a tree
He climbed so high he couldn't see
Stuck his head into a woodpecker's hole
Couldn't get out to save his soul

[Chorus]
Get out the way for Ol' Dan Tucker
He's too late to get his supper
Supper's over, breakfast cooking
Ol' Dan Tucker stands there looking

[Verse 9]
I went to town the other night
To hear the noise and see the fight
All the people were jumping around
Crying "Ol' Dan Tucker's come to town!"

[Chorus]
Get out the way for Ol' Dan Tucker
He's too late to get his supper
Supper's over, breakfast cooking
Ol' Dan Tucker stands there looking

[Verse 10]
Ol' Dan Tucker was a fine old soul
Lived nine days in a tater hole
Gobbler got him by the snout
He hollered for his friends to help him out

[Chorus]
Get out the way for Ol' Dan Tucker
He's too late to get his supper
Supper's over, breakfast cooking
Ol' Dan Tucker stands there looking

[Verse 11]
Ol' Dan Tucker went out shooting
There he spied a wild hog rooting
Hog whistled up and set them shaking
That was all that saved his bacon

[Chorus]
Get out the way for Ol' Dan Tucker
He's too late to get his supper
Supper's over, breakfast cooking
Ol' Dan Tucker stands there looking

[Verse 12]
Ol' Dan began in early life
To play the banjo and the fife
He played the girls and boys to sleep
Then into his bunk he'd creep

[Chorus]
Get out the way for Ol' Dan Tucker
He's too late to get his supper
Supper's over, breakfast cooking
Ol' Dan Tucker stands there looking

[Verse 13]
Ol' Dan Tucker's still in town
Swinging the ladies all around
First to the east and then to the west
And then to the one that he loves best

[Chorus]
Get out the way for Ol' Dan Tucker
He's too late to get his supper
Supper's over, breakfast cooking
Ol' Dan Tucker stands there looking