I CAUGHT MY WIFE WITH
ANOTHER MAN
COST ME NINETY-NINE
DOWN IN A GEORGIA
PRISON
CLOSE TO THE
FLORIDA LINE
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR
TWELVE LONG YEARS
AND I'VE FINALLY MADE
THE WARDEN MY FRIEND
HE SENTENCED ME
TO A LIFE OF EASE
TAKIN' CARE OF
OL' RED
NOW OL' RED HE'S
THE DAMNDEST DOG
I HAVE EVER SEEN
HE'S GOT A NOSE THAT CAN
SMELL A TWO-DAY TRAIL
HE'S A FOUR-LEGGED
TRACKIN' MACHINE
YOU CONSIDER
YOURSELF MIGHTY LUCKY
TO PASS THE 'GATORS
AND THE QUICKSAND BEDS
'CAUSE ALL THESE YEARS
THAT I BEEN HERE
NOBODY'S GOT
PAST RED
HEAR THE WARDEN SAY
COME ON SOMEBODY
WHY DON'T YOU RUN
OL' RED'S ITCHIN' JUST
TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN
GET MY LANTERN
GET MY GUN
RED'LL HAVE YOU TREED
'FORE THE MORNIN' COMES
PAID OFF A GUARD AND
I SENT OUT A LETTER
TO MY COUSIN UP
IN TENNESSEE
NOW HE BROUGHT DOWN
THIS BLUE-TICK HOUND
SHE WAS PRETTY
AS SHE COULD BE
SO HE STAKED HER OUT
IN THE SWAMPLAND
ABOUT A MILE JUST
SOUTH OF THE GATE
AND I'D TAKE OL' RED
FOR HIS EVENIN' WALK
LET HIM GO AND WAIT
HEAR THE WARDEN SAY
COME ON SOMEBODY
WHY DON'T YOU RUN
OL' RED'S ITCHIN' JUST
TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN
GET MY LANTERN
GET MY GUN
RED'LL HAVE YOU TREED
'FORE THE MORNIN' COMES
SICK HIM
NOW OL' RED HE GOT
USED TO SEEIN'
HIS LADY FRIEND
EVERY NIGHT
SO I KEPT HIM AWAY
FOR THREE OR FOUR
DAYS AND I WAITED
TILL THE TIME WAS RIGHT
THEN I MADE MY RUN
WITH THE EVENIN' SUN
AND I SMILED WHEN
THEY LET OL' RED OUT
'CAUSE I WAS HEADED
NORTH TO TENNESSEE
OL' RED HE WAS
HEADED SOUTH
HEAR THE WARDEN SAY
COME ON SOMEBODY
WHY DON'T YOU RUN
OL' RED'S ITCHIN' JUST TO
HAVE A LITTLE FUN
GET MY LANTERN
GET MY GUN
RED'LL HAVE YOU TREED
'FORE THE MORNIN' COMES
NOW THERE'S RED-HAIRED
BLUE-TICKS
ALL IN THE SOUTH
LOVE GOT ME IN HERE
AND LOVE GOT ME OUT