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Ol Red lyrics

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
Well I d 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

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
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 itchin to have a little fun
Get my lantern
Get my gun
Red ll have you treed before the mornin comes

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
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

[Repeat chorus]

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
Well I made my run with the evenin sun
And I smiled when I heard em let Red out
Cause I was headed north to Tennessee
And Ol Red was headed south

[Repeat chorus]

Now there s red haired blue ticks all in the South
Love got me in here and love got me out
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