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Composer: Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd lyrics



PRETTY BOY FLOYD
(Woody Guthrie)

Come gather round me children, a story I will tell
Of Pretty Boy Floyd, an outlaw, Oklahoma knew him well

Was in the town of Shawnee on a Saturday afternoon
His wife beside him in the wagon as into town they rode

A deputy sheriff approached them in a manner rather rude
Using vulgar words of language and his wife she overheard

Well, Pretty Boy grabbed a long chain, and the deputy grabbed a gun
And in the fight that followed, he laid that deputy down

Then he took to the trees and rivers to lead a life of shame
Every crime in Oklahoma was added to his name

Yes he took to the trees and timbers on the Canadian river shore
And the outlaw found a welcome at many a farmer's door

Yes, there's many a starving farmer, the same story told
How the outlaw paid their mortgage and saved their little home

Others tell about the stranger who came to beg a meal
And underneath the napkin left a thousand dollar bill

It was in Oklahoma City, it was on a Christmas day
Came a whole carload of groceries and a letter that did say

Well, you say that I'm an outlaw, and you say that I'm a thief
Here's a Christmas dinner for the families on relief

Well, as through the world I've rambled, I've seen lots of funny
men
Some rob you with a sixgun, some with a fountain pen

As through this world you ramble, as through this world you roam
You'll never see an outlaw drive a family from its home
recorded by Seeger - 3 Saints
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===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY
Songs list of album: Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder] (1964)
         Title Rating
01    Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster) lyrics Add lyrics   -
02    I Ain't Got No Home lyrics Add lyrics   -
03   Talking Dust Bowl Blues lyrics   -
04    Vigilante Man lyrics Add lyrics   -
05    Dust Can't Kill Me lyrics Add lyrics   -
06    Dust Pneumonia Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
07   Pretty Boy Floyd lyrics   -
08    Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road (Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad) lyrics Add lyrics   -
09    Tom Joad, Pt. 1 lyrics Add lyrics   -
10    Tom Joad, Pt. 2 lyrics Add lyrics   -
11    Dust Bowl Refugee lyrics Add lyrics   -
12    Do-Re-Mi lyrics Add lyrics   -
13    Dust Bowl Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
14    So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh) lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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