Ellis In The Orchard

[Intro]
Yah!

[Verse 1]
Ellis in the orchard
Picking baskets of oranges
Where are all the hired hands?
Gone to follow some prophet man
As far as I can understand
They said they left to follow some prophet man

[Chorus]
Pick up, pick up the sand
Colonel Peckesen
Pick up, pick up the sand
Poor Colonel Peckesen

[Verse 2]
Ellis up a ladder
Looking down at a letter
Says, “We are the pickers
We’ve gone to work in the vineyards
The Grape Prophet called
We heard our names
Tell Colonel Peckesen that he’s not to blame”

[Chorus]
Pick up, pick up the sand
Colonel Peckesen
Pick up, pick up the sand
Colonel Peckesen
Pick up, pick up the sand
Colonel Peckesen
Pick up, pick up the sand
Colonel Peckesen

[Bridge]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Uh-uh
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Uh-uh
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Uh-uh
Yah!

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
Ellis in the orchard
Picking baskets of oranges
Where are all the basket lines?
They’ve gone to work on the grapevine
The colonel falls down on his face
And all his orange juice is gonna waste

[Chorus]
Pick up, pick up the sand
Poor Colonel Peckesen
Pick up, pick up the sand
Poor Colonel Peckesen
Pick up, pick up the sand
Colonel Peckesen
Pick up, pick up the sand
Colonel Peckesen
Uh, uh, uh