AmI went down to CTaneytown
GI went down to AmTaneytown
CTo see what I could Gsee AmEm AmMy mama told me Cnever go
I'm Gdamn near Am22 years old
CSometimes I feel this Gholler swallow Amme Em7 AmShe ran off to CGettysburg
GWent off with that new Ambeau of hers
I Csnuck off after Gdark AmEm It's a Amlong way down the Ccounty road
The Gstars were bright and the Ammoon was low
CDown to where the Gblack top highway Amstarts Em
AmI went down to CTaneytown
GI went down to AmTaneytown
CI went down to Gsee what I could Amsee Em
AmNow everybody Cstared at me
GYou'd think that they ain't Amnever seen
CA colored boy Gbefore AmEm AmWell they jumped at me and they Ccalled me names
And they Gwhoopped me sure but the Amsheriff came
CI slipped off Gran through the dry goods Amstore Em AmNow I ran down CDivision Street
GAnd some of them boys Amfollowed me
CDown to the railroad Gtrack AmEm AmWell there was four of them and CI can't fight
GBut I got my old AmRandall knife
CI cut that boy and GI never did look Amback Em
AmI went down to CTaneytown
GI went down to AmTaneytown
CI went down to Gsee what I could Amsee Em
AmAcross the fields and Cwoods I run
Like a Gbullet from a rabbit gun
CBack home to my Gbed AmEm AmNow Ma come in from CGettysburg
GHer and that new beAmau of hers
CBoy you look like Ghell is all she Amsaid Em A Ammonth went by wiCthout a word
GSomebody down the hoAmller heard
C`Bout that boy they Ghung AmEm AmHe begged those men to Cspare his life
But I Gdropped my bloody RAmandall knife
CHe picked it up so they thGought he was the oAmne Em
AmI went down to CTaneytown
GI went down to AmTaneytown
CI ain't going Gback there anyAmmore