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Don't Go Down To The Quarry (LP Version)

Peter, Paul & Mary
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Don't go down to the quarry In the middle of the night 'Cause you'll never come back You'll never be right We lost Maggie there just last spring And Big Ben Johnson, he couldn't do a thing Big Ben Johnson made a bet With Madman Mike That he could cross the quarry In the middle of the night He got there, about halfway across He started sinking down In the red clay moss Nearby standing on the tracks Where the trains used to come Was Madman Mike Beatin' on his drum Laughin' out loud Eyes rolling in his head Standing on the tracks Seemed Lucifer's stead With a long red cape And fire in his eyes He lifted up his hands To the midnight skies And the thunder start to roll And the lightnin' flash wild And Big Ben Johnson start to cryin' like a child Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down Down, down, down, down Then the earth gave a shudder The quarry start to split Screamin' down Old Johnson To the fiery pit With a laugh that shivered The center of the bone Madman Mike Just standing there alone He's calling all the people To take their turn And haul in the pit And eternally burn Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha Oh, Lucifer's caught On the railroad track He's howling at the moon 'Cause he can't come back In the evening when we're sitting there In front of the fire We laugh at old Lucifer Before we retire Don't go down to the quarry In the middle of the night 'Cause you'll never come back You'll never be right We lost Maggie there just last spring And Big Ben Johnson, he couldn't do a thing Don't go down to the quarry (Don't go down to the quarry) Don't, don't go down (Don't go down to the quarry) You'll never come back (Don't, don't go down) We lost Maggie (Don't go down to the quarry) And Big Ben Johnson (Don't, don't go down) Don't go down, stupid (Don't go down to the quarry) You will never come back (Don't, don't go down) We're never gonna come back (Don't go down to the quarry) We lost Maggie (Don't, don't go down) And Big, and Big Ben Johnson (Don't, don't go down) Don't go to the quarry Don't, don't go down Don't go down to the quarry Don't, don't go down Down, down, down, down