WELL I CAUGHT MY WIFE
WITH ANOTHER MAN
AND IT COST ME
NINETY-NINE
ON A PRISON FARM
IN GEORGIA
CLOSE TO THE FLORIDA
LINE
WELL I'VE BEEN HERE
FOR TWO LONG YEARS
I FINALLY
MADE THE WARDEN
MY FRIEND
AND SO HE
SENTENCED ME
TO A LIFE OF EASE
TAKIN' CARE OF OL' RED
NOW OL' RED
HE'S THE DAMN'DEST DOG
THAT I'VE EVER SEEN
GOT A NOSE
THAT CAN SMELL
A TWO DAY TRAIL
HE'S A FOUR LEGGED
TRACKIN' MACHINE
YOU CAN CONSIDER
YOURSELF
MIGHTY LUCKY
TO GET PAST THE GATORS
AND THE QUICKSAND
BEDS
BUT ALL THESE YEARS
THAT I'VE BEEN HERE
AIN'T NOBODY
GOT PAST RED
AND THE WARDEN SANG
COME ON SOMEBODY
WHY DON'T YOU RUN
OL' RED'S ITCHIN'
TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN
GET MY LANTERN
GET MY GUN
RED'LL HAVE YOU TREED
'FORE THE MORNIN'
COME
WELL I PAID OFF A GUARD
AND I SLIPPED OUT
A LETTER
TO MY COUSIN
UP IN TENNESSEE
AH
AND HE BROUGHT DOWN
A BLUETICK HOUND
SHE WAS PRETTY
AS SHE COULD BE
WELL
THEY PINNED HER UP
IN THE SWAMPLAND
'BOUT A MILE
JUST SOUTH OF THE GATE
AND I'D TAKE OL' RED
FOR HIS EVENIN' RUN
I'D JUST
DROP HIM OFF
AND WAIT
AND THE WARDEN SANG
COME ON SOMEBODY
WHY DON'T YOU RUN
OL' RED'S ITCHIN'
TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN
GET MY LANTERN
GET MY GUN
RED'LL HAVE YOU TREED
'FORE THE MORNIN'
COME
4 BAR
BREAK
NOW OL' RED
GOT REAL USED TO SEEIN'
HIS LADY EVERY NIGHT
AND SO I KEPT HIM
AWAY
FOR THREE OR FOUR
DAYS
AND WAITED
'TIL THE TIME GOT RIGHT
WELL I MADE MY RUN
WITH THE EVENIN' SUN
AND I SMILED
WHEN I HEARD 'EM
TURN RED OUT
'CAUSE I WAS HEADED
NORTH
TO TENNESSEE
AND OL' RED
WAS HEADED SOUTH
AND THE WARDEN SANG
COME ON SOMEBODY
WHY DON'T YOU RUN
OL' RED'S ITCHIN'
TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN
GET MY LANTERN
GET MY GUN
RED'LL HAVE YOU TREED
'FORE THE MORNIN'
COME
NOW THERE'S RED HAIRED
BLUETICKS
ALL IN THE SOUTH
LOVE GOT ME IN HERE
AND LOVE GOT ME OUT