Kenny Wagner's Surrender-Ernest Stoneman/Tampa Joe/The Cafe Society Band/Hard Hair

[ti:Kenney Wagner's Surrender] [ar:Ernest Stoneman] [al:American Folk Tales] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Kenny Wagner's Surrender - Ernest Stoneman/Tampa Joe/The Cafe Society Band/Hard Hair [00:21.03]I'm sure you've heard my story [00:23.66]From the Kenny Wagner song [00:26.25]How down in Mississippi [00:28.74]I took the road that's wrong [00:32.13]It was down in Mississippi [00:34.73]Where I murdered my first man [00:37.16]When the sheriff there at Leakesville [00:39.65]For justice took his stand [00:43.18]Then I went from Mississippi [00:45.46]To the state of Tennessee [00:47.90]Two men went down before me [00:50.24]As I took my liberty [00:53.82]I wandered to the country [00:56.35]I never could find rest [00:58.73]'Til I went to Texarkana [01:01.16]Away out in the west [01:04.64]Again I started drinking [01:07.13]And again I pulled my gun [01:09.46]And within a single moment [01:11.90]The deadly work was done [01:15.22]The sheriff was a woman [01:17.88]But she got the drop on me [01:20.22]I quit the game and surrendered [01:22.60]Gave up my liberty [01:36.32]I'm now in Mississippi [01:38.78]And I soon shall know my fate [01:41.24]I'm waiting for my trial [01:43.55]But I do not dread my fate [01:45.77]For still the sun is shining [01:48.54]And the sky is blue and fair [01:50.90]But my heart is not repining [01:53.33]For I do not fear the chair [01:56.72]I've had my worldly pleasures [01:59.16]I've faced a many a man [02:01.59]But it was down in Texarkana [02:04.06]Where a woman called my hand [02:07.39]Young men young men take warning [02:09.88]Oh take my last advice [02:12.26]If you start the game in life wrong [02:14.70]You must surely pay the price