Eddy Arnold - Ballad Of Wes Tancred lyrics

Come all you good people and lend me your ear I got a sad story that you oughta hear The wind it was howlin' 'round Sam Older's shack The night that his k**er stepped out of the black And shot Sam down from the rear Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred A pal right down to the end Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred The black-hearted, white-livered, backbitin' sidewinder Murdered his own best friend It happened on Friday the thirteenth of May The coroner carried Sam Older away If I don't know nothin' There's one thing's a fact The hole was much bigger in front than in back Now you don't k** a brave man that way Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred A pal right down to the end Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred The black-hearted, white-livered, backbitin' sidewinder Murdered is own best friend Now folks when you sleep Put a bolt on your door Wes Tancred is loose with his Colt 44 Don't lie on your stomach when you go to bed 'Cause he'll take a shot at the back of your head The way he done it before Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred A pal right down to the end Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred The black-hearted, white-livered, backbitin' sidewinder Murdered is own best friend