Bring me my pistol

Please rouse the boss

I wanna kill ev'rybody

Won't be a poor boy lost

Poor boy, lost

Poor boy, lost

Poor boy, lost

On a Monday I was arrested

On a Tuesday I was tried

An the jury found me guilty

An I hung my head an cried

Lord, an cried

Lord, an cried

Lord, an cried

Lord, an cried

(guitar)

'Till I asked the judge

What will be my fine?

Here's a pick and a shovel

Get down Joe Brown's coal mine

Coal mine, coal mine

Coal mine, coal mine

Coal mine

Be light on me judge

I ain't been here befo'

Give ya niney-nine years

Don't come back here, no mo'

No mo', no mo'

No mo', no mo'

How long?

(guitar)

Be light on me judge

I ain't been here befo'

Give ya niney-nine years

Don't come back here, no mo'

No mo', no mo'

No mo',

How, Lord

So, long.