Shotgun House

Back in the 19th century on southern US land They built a simple kind of house, and many still do stand The people called them 'shotgun house', from the African word "to-gun" Just three or four rooms back-to-back, and I'ma get me one, son When I get my shotgun house, you can visit all the time I will move from back porch to front room by walking a straight line Oh, when I buy my shotgun house that will be something fine I will finally have a place I can call mine Now, yes, I am an English man from Oxford, if you please But when it comes to settling down, I may look overseas For I have travelled far and wide, to places foul and fair But I have loved America since I was married there, yeah When I get my shotgun house, you can visit all the time I will move from back porch to front door by walking a straight line Yes now, when I get my shotgun house, I will be something fine I will finally have a place I can call mine Oh yes, when I get my shotgun house, you can visit all the time I will move from back post to front doors By working a straight line Oh now, just to own a shotgun house would be a splendid thing I will sing the way my daddy used to sing On the banks of M-I, double S-I, double S-I, P-P-I