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Cotton Eyed Joe (the Murder Ballad)
Pawns or Kings
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He came to town like a mid-winter storm
Rode through the fields so handsome and adored
He was passing every woman in town
I guess he heard there weren't no law around
Said, all he'd come for was fun
I'd loved Eileen since we first met
And on her laurels, torches were set
The sights of his eyes were angel-like white
The kind of blues you can see in the night
No holstеrs, his smile was his gun
Well if it hadn't been for Cotton-eyеd Joe
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did you come from
Where did you go
And who you on the run from, Cotton-eyed Joe
I hadn't seen my love for near a week
Same amount I didn't see that sneak
Then a bounty-man pulled up, quick as the rain
Askin' if I knew a man with a peculiar name
Then he told the truth, I just couldn't bear
Joe brought disaster wherever he went
The hearts of girls was to hell, broken and sent
See, he had a heart made out of concrete filler
Known out east as the Cotton-eyed Killer
And he'd caught my Eileen in his snare
Well if it hadn't been for Cotton-eyed Joe
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did you come from
Where did you go
And who you on the run from, Cotton-eyed Joe
You can run for as long as you want to
You won't rest 'till the day that you die
I'll be there in every shadow you come through
This mule ain't young enough to take us both alive
Well if it hadn't been for Cotton-eyed Joe
I'd been buried a long time ago
Where did you come from
Where did you go
It's me you on the run from Cotton-eyed Joe