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Pretty Boy Floyd

Joan Baez29 Jul 2020

Pretty Boy Floyd Lyrics

Well gather round children a story I will tell

About pretty boy floyd the outlaw oklahoma knew him well

Was in the town of shawnee on a Saturday afternoon

His wife beside him in a wagon as into town they rode

And along come a deputy sheriff in a manner rather rude

Using vulgar words of language and his wife she overheard

And pretty boy floyd grabbed a long chain and the deputy grabbed a gun

And in the fight that followed he laid that deputy down

Then he ran through the trees and bushes and lived a life of shame

Every crime in oklahoma was added to his name

He ran through trees and bushes on the canadian river shore

And many a starving farmer opened up his door

It was in oklahoma city it was on a christmas day

A whole carload of groceries and a letter that did say

Well you say that I'm an outlaw you say that I'm a thief

Well here's a christmas dinner for the families on relief

As through this life you travel you meet some funny men

Some rob you with a six-gun some with a fountain pen

As through this life you ramble as through this life you roam

 

You'll never see an outlaw take a family from their home

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