Bowie Knife-Frankie laine

[ti:Bowie Knife] [ar:Frankie laine] [al:Good Old Times] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.10]Bowie Knife - Frankie laine [00:00.40]I got off the riverboat in New Orleans [00:03.14] [00:04.46]In the spring of 82 [00:05.72] [00:08.15]I walked into a gambling house [00:10.03] [00:11.21]As gamblers often do [00:13.23] [00:16.38]I had myself a drink [00:18.10]And I joined in a poker game [00:19.91]The dealer was a woman [00:21.09] [00:22.36]So I asked her for her name [00:23.78] [00:26.68]She smiled at me so pretty [00:28.39]But a hush fell over the place [00:29.85]As a big man crossed the table [00:31.46] [00:32.79]Stood up and slapped my face [00:34.05] [00:37.53]Bowie knife Bowie knife [00:40.34] [00:40.96]Long glittering 'steel [00:42.88] [00:43.85]If my gun don't take your evil life [00:47.29]You can bet my Bowie knife will [00:49.84] [00:52.81]I had my choice of weapons on [00:54.72]Which would depend my life [00:56.26]I chose a set of pistols [00:57.51] [00:58.80]And a long old Bowie knife [01:00.16] [01:03.13]I met him by the river by [01:04.97]The light of the rising sun [01:06.18] [01:06.72]Was I prepared to fight him [01:08.17] [01:09.28]I feared my time had come [01:10.58] [01:13.92]Bowie knife Bowie knife [01:17.24]Long glittering steel [01:19.31] [01:20.22]If my gun don't take your evil life [01:23.76]You can bet my Bowie knife will [01:26.25] [01:29.15]As we stood back to [01:30.38]Back there on the dooling green [01:32.53]I cursed the fate that had brought me [01:34.16] [01:35.21]To the town of New Orleans [01:36.49] [01:39.75]The referee started counting [01:40.75] [01:41.54]The paces one by one [01:43.09]When I heard him say twenty [01:44.40] [01:45.72]I turned and fired my gun [01:46.98] [01:50.14]I knew at once I'd missed [01:51.52]And I waited there in fear as [01:53.41]The stranger aimed and fired [01:54.88] [01:56.07]But the bullet went by my ear [01:57.63] [02:00.57]He threw away his pistol and drew his Bowie knife [02:04.09]I knew that razor edge would soon snap off my life [02:08.01] [02:11.19]But somehow luck was with me [02:12.65]And my weapon found his side [02:14.65]He lay there on the dooling ground [02:16.29] [02:17.25]Then he cursed me as he died [02:18.58] [02:21.94]Bowie knife Bowie knife [02:25.19]Long glittering steel [02:27.28] [02:28.25]If my gun don't take your evil life [02:32.01]You can bet my Bowie knife will [02:34.40] [02:35.23]You can bet my Bowie knife will [02:37.96] [02:38.78]You can bet my Bowie knife will