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Billy was a young man gone astray bottle at his lips all night |
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And day mama said they're gonna send you up the river someday |
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Whiskey ate big holes in billy's head summer's day he shot spud murphy dead |
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He said i'm headed up the river as he watched the blood pour red |
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Mama asked lord jesus what to do at the door came knocking boys in blue |
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We're gonna send him up the river and make him pay his dues ma'am |
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And so she watched him round that riverbend go billy felt a chill pass 'cross him |
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Cold they sent him up the river to turn a young man old |
