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
DAMNEDEST 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 YA TREED
'FORE THE MORNIN' COME
WELL I PAID OFF
THE GUARD
AND I SLIPPED OUT
A LETTER
TO MY COUSIN
UP IN TENNESSEE
AW AND
HE BROUGHT DOWN
A BLUETICK HOUND
SHE WAS PRETTY
AS SHE COULD BE
WELL THEY
PENNED 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 YA TREED
'FORE THE MORNIN' COME
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
TILL 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 YA 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