Well I caught my wife with another man And it cost meninety nine On a prison farm in Georgia Close to theFlorida line Well I'd been here for 2 long years I finallymade the warden my friend And so he sentenced me to a life of ease Taking careof 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 fourlegged tracking machine
You can consider yourself mighty lucky To get pastthe gators and the quicksand beds
But all these years that I've been here Ain't nobodygot past Red And the warden sang Come onsomebody Why don't you run Ol' Red'sitchin' to have a little fun
Get my lantern Get my gun Red'll haveyou treed before the mornin' comes
Well I paid off the guard and I slipped out aletter To my cousin up in Tennessee
Oh and he brought down a blue tick hound She waspretty as she could be
Well they penned her up in the swampland 'Bout a milejust south of the gate
And I'd take Ol' Red for his evening run I'd justdrop him off and wait
And the warden sang Come onsomebody Why don't you run Ol' Red'sitchin' to have a little fun Get my lantern Getmy gun Red'll have you treed before the mornin' comes Now Ol' Redgot real used to seeing His lady every night And so Ikept him away for three or four days And waited till the time got right Well Imade my run with the evenin' sun And I smiled when I heard 'em turn Redout
'Cause I was headed north to Tennessee And Ol' Redwas headed south
And the warden sang Come onsomebody Why don't you run
Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun Get mylantern Get my gun
Red'll have you treed before the mornin' comes Now there'sred haired blue ticks all in the South Love got me in here and love got me out
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