Vigilante Man

Song Vigilante Man
Artist Woody Guthrie
Album Folkways: The Original Vision

Lyrics

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[00:01.10] Vigilante Man - Woody Guthrie
[00:21.36] Have you seen that vigilante man?
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[00:26.10] Have you seen that vigilante man?
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[00:33.35] Have you seen that vigilante man?
[00:38.07] I been hearin' his name all over the land.
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[00:43.57] Well, what is a vigilante man?
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[00:48.45] Tell me, what is a vigilante man?
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[00:54.45] Has he got a gun and a club in his hand?
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[00:59.81] Is that is a vigilante man?
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[01:05.25] Rainy night down in the engine house,
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[01:10.69] Sleepin' just as still as a mouse,
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[01:15.69] Man come along an' he chased us out in the rain.
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[01:22.13] Was that a vigilante man?
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[01:25.21] Stormy days we passed the time away,
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[01:31.52] Sleepin' in some good warm place.
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[01:36.46] Man come along an' we give him a little race.
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[01:40.96] Was that a vigilante man?
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[01:46.27] Preacher Casey was just a workin' man,
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[01:51.27] And he said, all "Unite you working men."
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[01:56.42] Killed him in the river some strange man.
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[02:00.79] Was that a vigilante man?
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[02:26.23] Oh, why does a vigilante man,
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[02:31.23] Why does a vigilante man
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[02:35.93] Carry that sawed-off shot-gun in his hand?
[02:40.00] Would he shoot his brother and sister down?
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[02:44.42] I rambled 'round from town to town,
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[02:48.85] I rambled 'round from town to town,
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[02:55.79] And they herded us around like a wild herd of cattle.
[03:02.10] Was that the vigilante men?
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[03:04.90] Have you seen that vigilante man?
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[03:09.22] Have you seen that vigilante man?
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[03:13.91] I've heard his name all over this land.