A different arrangement of "John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto'" is included in Chris Thomas King's album "Legend of Tommy Johnson Act I." Click here to play a RealAudio file, found at that web page, of the entire song. The words are a bit clearer than the version on "Down from the Mountain."

(This page has some sound samples of other songs on that album.)

Áine, your transcription may be perfect, but King sings one verse differently on the studio recording. The verse after the first chorus goes:

Workin' in the fields all the hot long day
Just thinkin' 'bout the night we used to dance our blues away
But now I feel I'm drinkin' my own tears.

(I suspect King inadvertently sang the wrong line in the concert version.)

Also, in verse 2 he sings "fields" instead of "hill", but that doesn't seem significant.

This is a wonderful song. Thanks, Áine, for calling my attention to it.