The Black 47 - Forty-Deuce lyrics

As I roved out one May morning On down by old Times Square I met a sportin' lady Sweet Nancy was her name She said "Me dearest darlin' You're so young and you smell so sweet But you'll age 10 years in 20 days down on 42nd Street" She took me upstairs to a room With cobwebs on the wall She said "Lay down, me darlin' You and I gonna have a ball" And as she kissed me virgin tears away She sang in her sweet voice Fare thee well my 42nd street Good-bye my forty-deuce In the years to come I had occasion To remember sweet Nancy's song For I fell in with bad company I lived me life all wrong I did everything forbidden By bible, book and creed 'Til I'd no more virgin tears to shed Down on 42nd Street I fell in with two blaggards Spider Murphy and Jem Black We terrorized Hell's Kitchen We robbed both white and black We never gave a damn about The Narcos or the Vice For the days were short and the nights were long Down on dear old forty-deuce One night on 7th Avenue I was accosted by the law They said "We've got your number, lad You're time is gettin' short Take our advice, me bucko Kick the dust up with your heels And leave your false companions Down on 42nd Street" But I was young and stupid And loyal to a fault I had a package in me shirt To deliver to Jem Black When I handed him his contraband I was pounced on by 2 narcs Spider Murphy had betrayed me Farewell my forty-deuce I spent 10 years in Sing Sing Goin' slowly up the walls With revenge the only motive That kept me alive at all I came out of there a different man Cruel, vicious, but discreet Bought a gun and went back home Down to 42nd Street I followed Spider Murphy Into a church down by Times Square I blew him to sweet Jesus While he was kneelin' at his prayers If you're ever lookin' for Jem Black Don't bother tryin' home Coz he's 40 feet down under The Hudson's ragin' foam So, fare thee well, sweet Nancy Give back me virgin tears I'm goin' back to Sing Sing For five and fifty years Please hold me like the first time Sing in your sweet voice Fare thee well my 42nd Street Goodbye my forty-deuce