[ti:Ol' Red]
[ar:shelton blake ]
[00:14.24]Well  I  caught  my  wife  with  another  man
[00:17.60]And  it  cost  me  ninety  nine
[00:22.02]On  a  prison  farm  in  Georgia
[00:25.68]Close  to  the  Florida  line
[00:27.14]Well  I'd  been  here  for  two  long  years
[00:33.58]I  finally  made  the  warden  my  friend
[00:38.00]And  so  he  sentenced  me  to  a  life  of  ease
[00:42.05]Taking  care  of  Ol  Red
[00:46.05]Now  Ol'Red  he's  the  damnedest  dog  that  I've  ever  seen
[00:50.82]Got  a  nose  that  can  smell  a  two  day  trail
[00:57.44]He's  a  four  legged  tracking  machine
[01:02.01]You  can  consider  yourself  mighty  lucky
[01:04.59]To  get  past  the  gators  and  the  quicksand  beds
[01:10.21]But  all  these  years  that  I've  been  here
[01:13.51]Ain't  nobody  got  past  Red
[01:18.47]Shelton  Blake
[01:19.08]And  the  warden  sang
[01:20.04]Come  on  somebody
[01:20.84]Why  don't  you  run
[01:21.94]Ol'Red's  itchin'to  have  a  little  fun
[01:24.84]Get  my  lantern
[01:26.40]Get  my  gun
[01:28.05]Red'll  have  you  treed  before  the  mornin'comes
[01:34.47]Well  I  paid  off  the  guard  and  I  slipped  out  a  letter
[01:40.25]To  my  cousin  up  in  Tennessee
[01:41.85]Oh  and  he  brought  down  a  blue  tick  hound
[01:47.97]She  was  pretty  as  she  could  be
[01:52.04]Well  they  penned  her  up  in  the  swampland
[01:55.95]'Bout  a  mile  just  south  of  the  gate
[02:00.60]And  I'd  take  Ol'Red  for  his  evening  run
[02:03.92]I'd  just  drop  him  off  and  wait
[02:08.08]And  the  warden  sang
[02:08.93]Come  on  somebody
[02:09.63]Why  don't  you  run
[02:12.09]Get  my  lantern
[02:13.44]Get  my  gun
[02:18.47]Red'll  have  you  treed  before  the  mornin'comes
[02:33.66]Now  Ol'Red  got  real  used  to  seeing
[02:36.88]His  lady  every  night
[02:41.34]And  so  I  kept  him  away  for  three  or  four  days
[02:44.55]And  waited  till  the  time  got  right
[02:48.87]Well  I  made  my  run  with  the  evenin'sun
[02:52.59]And  I  smiled  when  I  heard 'em  let  Red  out
[02:57.36]'Cause  I  was  headed  north  to  Tennessee
[02:59.47]And  Ol'Red  was  headed  south
[03:04.43]And  the  warden  sang
[03:05.63]Come  on  somebody
[03:06.44]Why  don't  you  run
[03:08.89]Ol'Red's  itchin'to  have  a  little  fun
[03:12.06]Get  my  lantern
[03:13.62]Get  my  gun
[03:15.23]Red'll  have  you  treed  before  the  mornin'comes
[03:20.55]Now  there's  red  haired  blue  ticks  all  in  the  South
[03:24.11]Love  got  me  in  here  and  love  got  me  out