Cat. #0467 (MFH #342) - As sung by Mrs. Oakley Fox, Crocker, Missouri on January 25, 1960
VERSE 1
I'm sure you've heard my story
From th Kenny Waggoner song
How down in Mississippi
I took to roving wrong
VERSE 2
It was down in Mississippi
Where I murdered my first man
Where th sheriff there, at Leashville
For justice took his stand
VERSE 3
Then, I went from Mississippi
To th State of Tennessee
Two men went down before me
An' they took my liberty
VERSE 4
I wandered to th country
I never could find rest
Till I went to Texarkana
Away out in th west
VERSE 5
O, then I started drinking
An' again I pulled my gun
An' in a single moment
Th deadly work was done
VERSE 6
Th sheriff was a woman
But she got th drop on me
I quit th game an' surrendered
Gave up my liberty
VERSE 7
I'm now in Mississippi
An' I soon shall know my fate
I'm waiting for my trial
But I do not dread my fate
VERSE 8
For still th sun is shinning
An' th sky is blue an' fair
But my heart is not prepining
For I do not fear th chair
VERSE 9
I've had my early pleasure
I've face a many a man
But away down in Texarkana
A woman cooled my hand
VERSE 10
Young men, young men, take warning
O, take my last advice
If you start th game in life wrong
You may surely pay th price