The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #114481   Message #2444040
Posted By: Jim Dixon
18-Sep-08 - 11:03 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bob McKinney (Henry Thomas)
Subject: Lyr Add: BOB MCKINNEY (Henry Thomas)
Copied from WeenieCampbell.com, and punctuation added:

BOB MCKINNEY
Henry Thomas

Went down Johnson Street, Bob McKinney come passin' by.
Goin' on down that Johnson Street make trouble in their lives.
Wasn't he bad, yes, wasn't he bad?

Bobby said to Marg'et, "Come to me, I said.
If you don't come in a hurry, I'll put a thirty-eight through your head."
Wasn't he bad, yes, wasn't he bad?

Bobby said to Ben Ferris, "I'm bound to take your life.
You caused trouble 'tween me and my wife."
Wasn't he bad, yes, wasn't he bad?

Bobby said to the High Sheriff, "Do you think I'm going to run?
If I had another load, me and you have some fun."
Wasn't he bad, yes, wasn't he bad?

Oh, my babe, take me back.
How in the world, oh, take me back.

One of these mornings, won't be long,
You goin' call me, I'll be gone.

She turned around two or three times,
Beg my babe, take me back.

Take me back, take me back,
Beg my babe, take me back.

Oh, make me a pallet on your floor.
Hey, make me one pallet on your floor.
Oh make ... a pallet on your floor.
Won't you make it so your man'll never know.

Yeah, make it so your man never know.
Hey, make it so your man never know.
Ah, make a pallet on your...
Won't you make it so your man never know.

Yes, I'm looking for that bully laid me down.
Hey, I'm looking for that bully laid me down.
I'm looking for that bully and that bully can't be....
Yes, I'm looking for that bully laid me down.

Yeah, I'm looking for that bully laid me down.
Hey, I'm looking for that bully laid me down.
I'm looking for that bully, and...bully can't be found.
Yes, I'm looking for that bully laid me down.