Cash On The Barrel Head

Cash On The Barrel Head - The Louvin Brothers

Got in a little trouble

At the

County seat

Lord they put me in the jail house

For loafin' on the street

When the judge heard the verdict

I was a guilty man

He said fourty five dollars

Or thirty days in the can

That'll be cash on the barrelhead son

You can take your choice you're twenty one

No money down no credit plan

No time to chase you

'Cause I'm a busy man

Found a telephone number

On a laundry slip

I had a good hearted jailer

With a six gun hip

He let me call long distance

She said number please

And no sooner than I told her

She shouted out at me

That'll be cash on the barrelhead son

Not parting cash but the entire sum

No money down no credit plan

'Cause a little bird tells me you're a travelling man

Thirty days in the jailhouse four days on the road

I was feeling mighty hungry

My feet a heavy load

Saw a greyhound coming

Stuck up my thumb

Just as I was being seated

The driver caught my arm

That'll be cash on the barrelhead son

This old grey dog is paid to run

When the engine stops

And the wheels won't roll

Give me cash on the barrelhead

I'll take you down the road