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Everglades
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Pop
Everglades was released on January 1, 1964 by Columbia/Legacy as a part of the album Call Me Skeets!
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1964
LabelColumbia/Legacy
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM68

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Skeets McDonald
Skeets McDonald
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Harlan Howard
Harlan Howard
Composer

Lyrics

He was born and raised around Jacksonville
A nice young man, not the kind to kill
But a jealous fight and a flashing blade
Sent him on the run through the Everglades
Running like a dog through the Everglades
Well the posse went in and they came back out
They said he'll die and there ain't no doubt
It's an eye for an eye so the debt is paid
He won't last long in the Everglades
A man can't live in the Everglades
Where a man can hide and never be found
And have no fear of the baying hounds
But he better keep a-moving and don't stand still
If the skeeters don't get him then the gators will
The skeeters don't get him then the gators will
Now the years went by and his girl was wed
His family gave him up for dead
But now and then the natives would say
They'd seen him running through the Everglades
Running like a dog through the Everglades
Now he never heard the news on the radio
He was deep in the glades and he'll never know
His running and hiding didn't make much sense
For the jury had ruled it was self defense
The jury had ruled it was self defense
Where a man can hide and never be found
And have no fear of the baying hounds
But he better keep a-moving and don't stand still
If the skeeters don't get him then the gators will
The skeeters don't get him then the gators will
The skeeters don't get him then the gators will
The skeeters don't get him then the gators will
The skeeters don't get him...
Written by: Harlan Howard
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