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Verse 1
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There
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was a black man
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who came down from Kansas
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in the fall of 93,
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an d his wife and his family
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Rode in these ashes here by me
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And they'd stopped and hoped
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to fetch their team some water
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An d the scalawags had
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said they had it right
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But they were too far below
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that Ma son -Dixon border
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An d they did not live the night
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No, they did not live the night
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Some man named Walker
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and they gave a wagon
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to my old grandma.
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But someone missed them
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up in Kansas,
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and they came down with
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the law.
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And the sheriff said he thought they
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had been murdered,
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when the marshal dropped the
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missing persons note.
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And behind his back they
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call him a deserter
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And he lost a lot of votes
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Yeah, the sheriff lost a lot of votes
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And the townsfolk said
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They packed up their belongings
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And they left the other day
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They packed up Tuesday morning
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And they went the other way
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We tried to talk some sense to them
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We tried to make them stay
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But they packed up their belongings
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and they went the other way
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Well, that was eighty
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-some -odd years ago
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Things sure have changed
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a lot since then
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The day I read
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Said the Klan had struck again
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and I burned my fat horse
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And I'm running from this town
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while it's still light
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Cause a black boy came to town
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just looking for some gas
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And he could not pay
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and he did not live the night
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No, he did not live the night
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And the town's folks will say
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I packed up my belongings
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And I left the other day
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I packed up Tuesday morning
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and I went the other way
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They'll say they tried to talk
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they tried to make me stay, but
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I packed up my belongings
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and I left the other day
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he tried to talk some sense to him
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but he wouldn't be on the way
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