The Fate Of Dewey Lee-The Carter Family

[ti:The Fate Of Dewey Lee] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:Volume Two 1935-1941] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Fate Of Dewey Lee - The Carter Family (卡特家族) [00:04.41]'Twas on one Saturday evening about the hour of ten [00:09.15] [00:10.01]In a little mining town where trouble did begin [00:15.30]Everybody there were drinking [00:17.46] [00:18.10]There were whisky everywhere [00:19.92] [00:20.94]Dewey Lee got to thinking he had no business there [00:25.59] [00:49.41]He was so tall and handsome [00:51.93]His heart so true and brave [00:53.75] [00:54.49]Joe Jenkins pulled his pistol and sent him to his grave [00:58.99] [01:00.00]He took the life of Dewey when life had just begin [01:04.15] [01:05.03]And Dewey went to heaven while Joe went to the pen [01:09.85] [01:33.48]He took the life of Dewey [01:35.28] [01:35.81]Because he would not tell [01:37.86] [01:38.53]We know he murdered Dewey for here his pistol fell [01:43.09] [01:43.68]His mother sits now weeping [01:45.85] [01:46.46]She weeps and mourns all day [01:48.27] [01:49.03]She prays to meet her boy in a better world some day [01:53.63] [02:06.93]So hearken to my story and what I have to say [02:11.39] [02:12.11]Get right with your maker [02:14.10] [02:14.67]We'll meet him again some day [02:16.56] [02:17.18]But first to Stand up boy and listen to your crime [02:21.83] [02:22.38]They sent him down to Richmond to serve out his time [02:27.21] [02:40.24]Young men all take warning [02:42.21] [02:42.86]For this you must have guilt [02:44.79] [02:45.36]Don't take the life of anyone for life you cannot give [02:49.80] [02:50.62]You may possess great riches like many beneath the sod [02:55.13] [02:55.77]But money won't hire a lawyer [02:58.47]When you stand before your God