To: flickerful who wrote (6386 ) 10/25/1998 11:23:00 AM From: wily Respond to of 10709
Went to jail for murder. Louisiana governor pardoned him upon petition by a blues historian, (Allan Lomax) By the same guy (traditional): ______ _______ he was a desperate little man he carried two guns every day he shot a man on the West Virginia Line 'body seen _________ _________ gettin' away, poor boy 'body seen _________ _________ gettin' away ________ ________ went up on that grey stone bridge there he thought he was free up stepped the deputy and he caught him by the arm, said________ come and go with me, poor boy and ________ come and go with me ________ come and go with me poor boy and ________ come and go with me ___________ _________ had a mother and a father too he called for them to come and throw his bail there was not no bail allowed fer the murderin' man they shoved _________ __________ back in jail, poor boy and they shoved __________ ________ back in jail they shoved _________ ________ back in jail poor boy and they shoved _________ _________ back in jail __________ _________ had a pretty little wife the dresses that she wore was blue she come to the jail house with a loud shout said _________ I'll be true to you, poor boy ________ I'll be true to you ________ I'll be true to you, poor boy ________ I'll be true to you ___________ _________ was standin' in his cell with tears a rollin' down his eyes "I been the death of many poor boy And now I'm ready to die, lord lord now I'm ready to die now I'm ready to die, lord lord And now I'm ready to die" Go ahead and die... I've been to the East and I've been to the West I've been this whole wide world around I've been to the East River and I've been baptized Now take me to my hangin' ground, Lord Lord Take me to my hangin' ground Take me to my hangin' ground, Lord Lord and take me to my hangin ground