Ol’ Red

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I caught my wife with another man It cost me ninety nine Down in Georgia prison Close to the Florida line Well I'd been here for two long years I finally made the warden my friend He sentenced me to a life of ease Taking care of Ol' Red [Verse2] Now Ol' Red he's the damnedest dog that I've ever seen He's got a nose that can smell a two-day trail He's a four-legged trackin' machine You can consider yourself mighty lucky To get past the gators and the quicksand beds 'Cause all these years that I've been here Nobody got past Red [Chorus] Hear the warden sang Come on somebody Why don't you run Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun Get my lantern Get my gun Red'll have you treed 'fore the mornin' comes [Verse 3] I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter To my cousin up in Tennessee Now he brought down a blue tick hound She was pretty as she could be So we staked her up in the swampland About a mile just south of the gate And I'd take Ol' Red for his evenin' walk Let him go and wait [Chorus] Hear the warden sang Come on somebody Why don't you run Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun Get my lantern Get my gun Red'll have you treed 'fore the mornin' comes [Verse 4] Now Ol' Red got real used to seein' His lady fried every night So I kept him away for three or four days And waited 'til the time got right Well I made my run with the evenin' sun And I smiled when I heard they let Red out 'Cause I was headed north to Tennessee And Ol' Red he was headed south [Chorus] Hear the warden sang Come on somebody Why don't you run Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun Get my lantern Get my gun Red'll have you treed 'fore the mornin' comes [Outro] Now there's red-haired blue ticks all in the South Love got me in here and love got me out