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Ol' Red
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Past 7 Days
Ol' Red was discovered most frequently in the first few seconds of the song during the past week

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well, I caught my wife with another man
And it cost me 'ninety nine
On a prison farm in Georgia
Close to the Florida line
[Verse 2]
Well, I've been here for two long years
I finally made the warden, my friend
And so he sentenced me to a life of ease
Taking care of Ol' Red
[Verse 3]
Now, Ol' Red, he's the damnedest dog
That I've ever seen
Got a nose that can smell a two day trail
He's a four legged tracking machine
[Verse 4]
You can consider yourself mighty lucky
To get past the gators and the quicksand beds
But all these years that I've been here
Ain't nobody got past Red
[Chorus]
And the warden sang
"Come on, somebody, why don't you run?"
"Ol' Red's itching to have a little fun"
"Get my lantern, get my gun"
"Red'll have you tree'd, 'fore the morning come"
[Verse 5]
Well, I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter
To my cousin up in Tennessee
Oh, and he brought down a blue tick hound
She was pretty as she could be
[Verse 6]
Well, they penned her up in the swampland
'Bout a mile just south of the gate
And I'd take Ol' Red for his evening run
I'd just drop him off and wait
[Chorus]
And the warden sang
"Come on, somebody, why don't you run?"
"Ol' Red's itching to have a little fun"
"Get my lantern, get my gun"
"Red'll have you tree'd, 'fore the morning come"
[Verse 7]
Now Ol' Red got real used to seeing
His lady every night
And so I kept him away for three or four days
And waited 'till the time got right
[Verse 8]
Well, I made my run with the evening sun
And I smiled when I heard him turn Red out
'Cause I was headed north to Tennessee
And Ol' Red was headed south
[Chorus]
And the warden sang
"Come on, somebody, why don't you run?"
"Ol' Red's itching to have a little fun"
"Get my lantern, get my gun"
"Red'll have you tree'd, 'fore the morning come"
[Outro]
Now, there's red-haired blue ticks all in the South
Love got me in here, and love got me out
Written by: Don Goodman, J. BOHON, James Bohan, Mark Sherrill
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