Archives: Sonny Boy Can Bely (The Drunk Hank Tapes)

ORIGINALLY POSTED MAY 22, 2012

Hank Jr's drunken 1992 Kansas City concert is something of a legend, which I only heard about this past weekend. Recordings of it have made the rounds on the interwebs before. Anyway, Hank is blasted out of his mind and slurs, cusses, makes up words and cusses some more. It's a glorious trainwreck. For your listening pleasure, I've included a link to Bocephus' take on "A Country Boy Can Survive" (which, in parts, is sung "sonny boy can bely"). I've also made an attempt at transcribing what exactly came out of his mouth that night. Enjoy! (?)

Nov. 7, 2016 Update.... the link to the actual mp3 is long dead, but here's a YouTube audio of some of the songs, including the below transcribed gem.

Sonny Boy Can Bely

Mehp

Eyuh, this here's Derrick Thomas this here's Hank Williams Jr.

If you don't like me you can kiss my f*ckin' ass baby

w' stick it under your G.D. f*ckin' ass sweetheart

Preacher man says it's the leimb of time

se'ivverman says it's the wind of time

Idjis is up n the stock market's down

Ididitn no fidda when downtown

We're just hillbillies

Live out in the woods ya see

Long daddy grandaddy twenty see

Godda shotgun a rifle and a four wheel drive

I godda nice new jake waitrin' you can survive

country bawoy can survive

I can fly a field all day long

Catchowfit fru bustidawn

Make ar own whiskey an ar own swuk too

You ain makin wu doys caint do

Dikawoos sleepin' in the boys late night

Sleppin boy can bely

(?) boy can bely

Can't scrobbasout can makirun

would them ol boys wedoyin shogun

We said gress we said men 

You ain't into that who gives a big damn asshole?

South Alabama

South Alabam'

And ol' Montana who gives a shit who I am?

We can skin a bock n run trahline an a sonny boy can bely

Sonny boy can bely

Sackafin all nay long

Seven black fists from lust till dawn

Beg ar own dissy and all slake too

Loogidain too many w'boy hillbillies cain dewh

badybohs helenas wholesale lines

Counsy boy can survive

Country boy can survive

Can scrogiside cain maikurun

bweenh ol boy wedownda shodgun

say grace we say gyeh 

you aingdat who gives a big shit damn, hillbilly

weahh from north California, 

South Alabam'

John l well (John Elway) who gives a shit big dev'l man v'lam

n' we can skin a buck n' run a trot line

counsry boy can survie

counsry boy can suvie

Counsry folk can survie