Ol' Red
Kenny Rogers
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I caught my wife with another man It cost me ninety nine Down in Georgia prison Close to the Florida line Well I'd been here for two long years I finally made the warden my friend He sentenced me to a life of ease Taking care of Ol' Red Now Ol' Red he's the damnedest Dog that I've ever seen He's 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 'Cause all these years that I've been here Nobody got past Red Hear 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' comes I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter To my cousin up in Tennessee Now he brought down a blue tick hound She was pretty as she could be So we staked her up 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 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' comes Now Ol' Red got real used to seein' His lady fried every night 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 they let Red out 'Cause I was headed north to Tennessee And Ol' Red he was headed south Hear 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' comes Now there's red haired blue ticks All in the South Love got me in here and love got me out
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