Strike a Match and Light Another
By Cat Mother and the All Night News Boys
On Albion Doo-Wah, 1970
Written by Jay Ungar



In the first days of this country when the buffalo roamed the land
All the saddle tramps and cowboys used to roll their own by hand
Well they'd swing up to the saddle on their ass or on their horse
And recite a little ditty that went like this of course

When your feet are in the stirrups and your ass is on the ground
Cause the grass that he's been eating is the finest stuff around
Well let us not remember boys and let us not forget 
Strike a match and light another marijuana cigarette

Ah you have heard of evil and you've heard of misery
And you heard of Richard Nixon but you haven't heard of me
You may think they go together and you may think that they do not
But there ain't much you'll be thinking once you've started smoking pot

When your feet are in the stirrups and your ass is on the ground
Cause the grass that he's been eating is the finest stuff around
Well let us not remember boys and let us not forget 
Strike a match and light another marijuana cigarette

Well you can smoke it, you can eat it, you can mix it with your beer
You can hang it on the wall and you can hang it in your ear
And if you've got the notion, and if he's got the class
You can shove it in your feedbag and feed it to your ass



When your feet are in the stirrups and your ass is on the ground
Cause the grass that he's been eating is the finest stuff around
Well let us not remember boys and let us not forget 
Strike a match and light another marijuana cigarette