Classic Poem

As I sat down t'play a game o' coon can,
I could not play my han'.
I got to thinkin' about the woman I love,
She run away with another man.

Chorus
Run away with another man, po' boy,
Run away with another man.
I got to thinkin' about the woman I love,
She run away with another man, po' boy!

2

As I went down to the big depot,
The train came a-rumblin' by.
I looked in the window, saw the woman I loved,
And I hung my head and cried.

I hung my head and cried, po' boy,
I hung my head and cried.
I looked in the window, saw the woman I loved,
And I hung my head and cried.

3

I jumped right on the train platform,
I walked right down the aisle.
I pulled out my forty-some odd
And I shot that dark-skinned child.

I shot that dark-skinned child, po' boy,
I shot that dark-skinned child.
I pulled out my forty-some odd
And I shot that dark-skinned child.

4

They took me down to the big court house;
The judge he looked at me.
I said, “Oh, kind-hearted Judge,
What am it gwine to be?”

What am it gwine to be, po' boy,
What am it gwine to be?
I say, “Oh, kind-hearted Judge,
What am it gwine to be?”

5

The judge he heard the contract read,
The clerk, he took it down.
They handed me over to the contractor,
And now I'm penitentiary-bound.

And now I'm penitentiary-bound, po' boy,
And now I'm penitentiary-bound.
They handed me over to the contractor,
And now I'm penitentiary-bound.

6

The night was cold and stormy,
It sho' did look like rain.
I ain't got a friend in the whole wide world,
Nobody knows my name.

Nobody knows my name, po' boy,
Nobody knows my name.
I ain't got a friend in the whole wide world,
Nobody knows my name.