The hoodooin' of Miss Fannie Deberry lyrics

Down in Sunflower County where I was born

Used to be a crazy woman

Used to walk bare footed down a gravel road

Singin' in an unknown tongue

One day I asked her Papa why she was crazy

The tears welled up in his eyes

He said, the Devil's inside my poor baby

She be crazy 'til the day she dies

You know she's been hoodooed

By the power of the voodoo

You know she's been hoodooed

By the power of the voodoo

Said Fanny always was a peculiar child

Never could make her mind

She used to slip out and go walkin' in the woods late at night

Always came home cryin'

But then one night she came home laughin'

Talkin' out of her head

She said, Now I ain't got to worry 'bout dyin' Papa

I been sleepin' in a Devil's bed

You know she's been hoodooed

By the power of the voodoo

You know she's been hoodooed

By the power of the voodoo

Hoodoo woman pickin up Qwewee

Hoodoo woman pickin up Qwewee

Said "Fanny's Mama was a Voodoo Queen

Died when Fanny was born

He remembered her very last words to him

She said, I'm goin' Honey, take care of Fanny 'til the Devil comes

So if you see her buried down in a graveyard

Diggin' in a grave for Foofoo

You know she's gonna Hoodoo somebody

And if you cross her she might Hoodoo you

You know she's been hoodooed

By the power of the voodoo

You know she's been hoodooed

By the power of the voodoo

Don't be messin' with a hoodoo woman

She's gonna Hoodoo you

Don't be messin' with a hoodoo woman

She's gonna Hoodoo you

Don't be messin' with a hoodoo woman

She's gonna Hoodoo you

Hoodoo woman Pickin up a Qwewee

Hoodoo woman Pickin up a Qwewee

• Artist:Kenny Rogers
• Album:The Gambler (1978)