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I heard 'em talking on the news 'bout An outlaw in town They're sayin' it's true that There's been a dead man found But you know it's hard to read between The lines on a screen There're tellin' a different story in the city streets Where all the people say Old Daddy got a stitch in his side Jonny ripped him open with the .45 One more led bushel and a peck Sheriff wants a noose around Jonny's neck Swing low sweet chariot await He can't pay the fair for the Pearly Gate Oh Lord have mercy on him Jonny couldn't bear to see Mama get swung on again Follow the river back deep in the wood Ol' Blue found Daddy's blood in the wind Jonny ran as fast and far as he could 'Till The Law caught him up in the end Sometimes a pure heart Is looking out behind those bars And there's plenty of folks in favor of the innocent plea And all the Prison sings Old Daddy got a stitch in his side Jonny ripped him open with the .45 One more led bushel and a peck Sheriff wants a noose around Jonny's neck Swing low sweet chariot await He can't pay the fair for the Pearly Gates Oh Lord have mercy on him Jonny couldn't bear to see Mama get swung on again Jonny couldn't bear to see Mama get swung on again