Kenny Rogers - Ol' Red lyrics

I caught my wife with another man Cost me ninety-nine Down in the Georgia prison Close to the Florida line I've been here for twelve long years And I've finally made the warder my friend He sentenced me to a life of ease Takin' care of Ol' Red. Now Ol' Red he's the damndest dog I have ever seen He's got a nose that can smell a two-day trail He's a four legged tracking machine. You'd consider yourself mighty lucky To get past the gators and the quicksand beds 'Cause all these years that I've been here Nobody got past Red. Hear the warder say, Come on somebody, why don't you run Ol' Red's a-itchin' to have a little fun Get my lantern, get my gun Red'll have 'em treed before the mornin' come Payed off a guard and I sent out a letter To my cousin up in Tennessee And he brought down this blue tick hound She was pretty as she could be So we staked her out in the swampland About a mile just south of the gate And I'd take Ol' Red for his evening walk Let him go and wait Hear the warder say Come on somebody, why don't you run Ol' Red's a-itchin' to have a little fun Get my lantern, get my gun Red'll have 'em treed before the mornin' come Now Ol' Red, he got used to seein' His lady friend there every night So I kept him away for three or fours days And I waited 'til the time was right Then I made my run with the evening sun And I smiled when they let Ol' Red out 'Cause I was headed north for Tennessee Ol' Red, he was headin' South Hear the warder say Come on somebody, why don't you run Ol' Red's a-itchin' to have a little fun Get my lantern, get my gun Red'll have 'em treed before the mornin' come Now, there's red haired blue ticks all in the south Love got me in there and love got me out