Blackjack County Chains-Christy Moore

[ti:Blackjack County Chains] [ar:Christy Moore] [al:Collection Part Two] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.05]Blackjack County Chains - Christy Moore [00:01.34]Written by：Red Lane [00:02.34] [00:33.50]I was sittin' beside the road in black jack county [00:37.83] [00:39.67]Not knowing that the sheriff paid a bounty [00:44.29] [00:46.14]For men like me that hadn't got a penny to their name [00:51.97] [00:54.73]So he locked my leg to 35 pounds of black jack county [00:59.92] [01:09.23]And all we had to eat was bread and water [01:13.04] [01:15.48]Each day we built the road a mile and a quarter [01:21.21] [01:23.99]A black snake whip would cut the back of any man who [01:28.22]Complained [01:29.21] [01:31.75]But we couldn't fight back wearing 35 pounds of black [01:35.66]Jack county chains [01:37.25] [01:46.37]One night while the sheriff he was sleeping [01:50.22] [01:52.56]We all gathered round him slowly creeping [01:56.66] [01:59.30]Heaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold [02:04.31]Rain [02:04.94] [02:07.46]When we beat him to death with 35 pounds of black jack [02:11.54]County chains [02:12.81] [02:21.75]Now the whip marks have all healed and I am thankful [02:25.89] [02:27.98]There's nothing left but a scar around my ankle [02:31.99] [02:34.45]But most of all I'm glad no man will be a slave again [02:40.16] [02:42.87]To a black snake whip and 35 pounds of black jack county [02:47.51]Chains [02:48.37] [03:19.84]To a black snake whip and 35 pounds of black jack county [03:24.74]Chains [03:25.22] [03:27.95]To a black snake whip and 35 pounds of black jack county [03:32.94]Chains [03:33.82] [03:35.93]To a black snake whip and 35 pounds of black jack county [03:41.16]Chains