Lynchin' Party-Bobby Bare

[ti:Lynchin' Party] [ar:Bobby Bare] [al:500 Miles Away From Home] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.46]The Lynch mob gathered in the square across from the jail [00:10.04]Young Billy watched them from his cell and felt his courage fail [00:19.77]Bill swore he wasn't guilty but the evidence was plain [00:29.07]Tomorrow he would go on trial for killing Mary Jane [00:36.05] [00:37.21]They shouted beat the prisoner hardy [00:41.47]We're gonna have a Lynchin' party [00:44.73]Gonna hang him high [00:46.93]Watch him die for killing Mary Jane [00:51.46] [00:56.02]The mob is closer to the jail excitement all around [01:03.40]The deputies kept moving back afraid to hold their ground [01:10.21]Then the young girl cried you cowards but the Lynch mob searched ahead [01:17.82]Dragged young Billy from that jail and soon the kid was dead [01:23.54] [01:24.66]They shouted beat the prisoner hardy [01:28.69]We're gonna have a Lynchin' party [01:31.88]Gonna hang him high [01:33.80]Watch him die for killing Mary Jane [01:38.85] [01:44.79]The weeks went by and no one spoke about it anymore [01:51.68]Or seemed to see the wreath Bill's mother hung upon the door [01:59.29]Then one night they dragged a ragged hobo from a train [02:06.36]And he confessed he was the one who killed young Mary Jane [02:12.22] [02:13.32]They shouted beat the prisoner hardy [02:17.27]We're gonna have a Lynchin' party [02:20.38]Gonna hang him high [02:22.34]Watch him die for killing Mary Jane [02:26.64] [02:27.73]Gonna hang him high [02:29.56]Watch him die for killing Mary Jane [02:33.49]