Lyrics:

now a country boy called shortyand a city boy named danhad to prove who could run the fastestto win miss lucy's hand
now dan had all the moneyand he also had the looksbut shorty must have had something, boysthat can't be found in bookswel
l, a-cut across shorty, shorty cut acrossthat's what miss lucy saidcut across shorty, shorty cut acrossit's you i wanna wed
now dan had been in traininga week before the racehe made up his mindol' shorty would end in second placeand dan with his
long legs a-flyin'left shorty far behindand shorty heard him holler outmiss lucy, you'll soon be minebut shorty wasn't wor
riedthere was a smile upon his facehe knew that he was a-goin' to win'cause lucy had fixed the raceand just like that old s
toryabout the turtle and the hairwhen dan crossed over the finish linehe found shorty waiting there