《State of Arkansas》歌词

歌曲： State of Arkansas

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歌手： The Weavers

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State of Arkansas - The Weavers[00:00:00]

Written By：The Weavers[00:00:02]

My name is Charlie Brennan from Charleston I come[00:00:04]

I've traveled this wide world over some ups and downs I've had[00:00:11]

I've traveled this wide world over some ups and downs I've saw[00:00:18]

But I never really knew what misery was till I hit old Arkansas[00:00:25]

Got off the train in Little rock in the middle of winter[00:00:35]

Nobody there to extend to me his paw[00:00:38]

Or bid me welcome to this State of Arkansas[00:00:41]

And it was cold[00:00:45]

I dodged behind the depot to dodge that blizzard wind[00:00:47]

I met a walking skeleton he said his name was Thomas Quinn[00:00:53]

Well his hair hung down in rat-tails on his lean and lantern jaw[00:01:00]

He invited me to his hotel he said it was the best in Arkansas[00:01:07]

I followed my conductor to his respective place[00:01:17]

Where pity and starvation were to be seen on every face[00:01:22]

Well his bread it was corn dodger and his meat I could not chaw[00:01:29]

But he charged me a half a dollar in the State of Arkansas[00:01:36]

And I went out and got me a job on a farm farming[00:01:45]

But I didn't care for the work or the farmer[00:01:51]

Or his wife and none of his children[00:01:55]

So I went up to him one day and I said[00:01:58]

Mister I'm gonna quit this job and you can just pay me off right now[00:01:59]

He says Okay son if that's the way you feel about it[00:02:05]

And he took me out in the barn and he handed me a mink skin[00:02:08]

I said I don't want this thing I want my money[00:02:13]

For the work I've done[00:02:15]

He said Son you may not know it but mink's skin is[00:02:17]

What we're using for currency down here now[00:02:19]

So I took it when into town hunted up a place[00:02:23]

Put my mink skin up on the counter and turned[00:02:29]

If the bartender didn't toss me a pint[00:02:31]

And he picked up my mink skin blowed the hair back on it[00:02:35]

Put it under the counter fetched me out fourteen rabbit skins and[00:02:39]

Three possum hives for change[00:02:44]

I'm going to the Indian territory and live outside the law[00:02:48]

I'll bid farewell to the kin bricks in the State of Arkansas[00:02:55]

If you ever see me back again I'll give to you my paw[00:03:02]

But it'll be though a telescope from Hell to Arkansas[00:03:09]