Quick Joey Small (run Joey Run)

[1]

Quick Joey Small

Went a-over the wall

With a ball and chain behind him

Quick Joey Small

Went a-over the wall,

Sent the dogs right out to find him

(All right)

[2]

In a striped prison suit

With no loot, to boot,

He headed for the highway

With his chains still draggin?

He thumbed down a wagon,

Said, "When are you goin? my way?"

And they say now,

Chorus:

Run, Joey!, Joey, run run --

The hounds are on your trail! (Jump up! Jump out!)

Run, Joey! Joey, run run --

They?re gonna send him back to jail!

Bridge:

Sheriff got a shotgun

(He do)

He fill you full of lead, son

(It?s true)

He also gotta blackjack

(He?s mad)

He bust your head with one whack

(And that?s that [?])

Run, Joey! Joey, run run --

The hounds are on your trail!

[3]

Sweet Mary Jane

Might?a gone insane

When she heard of Joey?s jailbreak

But she knew all the while,

?Cos she sent him a file

Baked inside a fudge cake

(And they say, now --)

[4]

(Oh,) Sheriff Jack Banes

Wasn?t [right on?] brains

But he knew one thing for sure

He took some toughs

And a pair a? hand cuffs

And heads for Mary Jane?s door

(And they say, now --)