Bowie Knife-Frankie laine

[ti:Bowie Knife] [ar:frankie laine] [al:Hell Bent for Leather] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.81]I got off the riverboat in New Orleans [00:04.09] [00:04.98]In the spring of 82 [00:06.44] [00:08.72]I walked into a gambling house [00:10.74] [00:11.79]As gamblers often do [00:14.04] [00:17.06]I had myself a drink [00:18.88]And I joined in a poker game [00:20.19] [00:20.69]The dealer was a woman [00:21.88] [00:23.00]So I asked her for her name [00:24.50] [00:27.34]She smiled at me so pretty [00:29.23]But a hush fell over the place [00:30.84]As a big man crossed the table [00:32.42] [00:33.42]Stood up and slapped my face [00:34.86] [00:38.24]Bowie knife bowie knife [00:41.02] [00:41.66]Long glitterin' steel [00:43.65] [00:44.81]If my gun don't take your evil life [00:48.13]You can bet my bowie knife will [00:50.51] [00:53.65]I had my choice of weapons on [00:55.69]Which would depend my life [00:57.18]I chose a set of pistols [00:59.62]And a long old bowie knife [01:01.14] [01:04.07]I met him by the river by [01:05.98]The light of the rising sun [01:07.66]Was I prepared to fight him [01:09.14] [01:10.19]I feared my time had come [01:11.51] [01:14.81]Bowie knife bowie knife [01:17.61] [01:18.19]Long glitterin' steel [01:20.19] [01:21.15]If my gun don't take your evil life [01:24.21] [01:24.72]You can bet my bowie knife will [01:27.19] [01:30.20]As we stood back to [01:31.50]Back there on the doolin' green [01:33.13] [01:33.65]I cursed the fate that had brought me [01:35.30] [01:36.04]To the town of New Orleans [01:37.60] [01:40.88]The referee started counting [01:42.01] [01:42.60]The paces one by one [01:43.68] [01:44.23]When I heard him say twenty [01:45.42] [01:46.90]I turned and fired my gun [01:48.28] [01:51.55]I knew at once I'd missed [01:53.08]And I waited there in fear as [01:54.67]The stranger aimed and fired [01:56.44] [01:57.34]But the bullet went by my ear [01:58.83] [02:01.73]He threw away his pistol and drew his bowie knife [02:05.30]I knew that razor edge would soon snap off my life [02:09.55] [02:12.58]But somehow luck was with me [02:14.37]And my weapon found his side [02:16.02]He lay there on the doolin' ground [02:17.84] [02:18.55]Then he cursed me as he died [02:19.93] [02:23.07]Bowie knife bowie knife [02:25.96] [02:26.66]Long glitterin' steel [02:28.69] [02:29.60]If my gun don't take your evil life [02:33.20]You can bet my bowie knife will [02:35.91] [02:36.53]You can bet my bowie knife will [02:39.20] [02:40.15]You can bet my bowie knife will