Title: Pretty Boy Floyd
Artist: Melanie Safka
[Written by Woody Gutherie]
[1973]
Come gather 'round me children,
there's a story I will tell
About Pretty Boy Floyd, an outlaw,
Oklahoma knew him well
It was in the town of Shawnee
on a Saturday afternoon
His wife beside him in the wagon,
and into town they rode
The deputy sheriff approached
them in a manner rather rude
Using vulgar words of language,
and his wife she overheard
Now, Pretty Boy grabbed a long chain,
and the sheriff he grabbed a gun
And in the fight that followed,
he laid the deputy down
He took to the trees and rivers,
oh he's gonna lead a life of shame
And every crime in Oklahoma
was added to his name
In Oklahoma city
it was on a Christmas day
Came a whole carload of groceries
and a letter that did say
"Well you say that I'm a gambler
and you say that I'm a thief
Well, here's a Christmas dinner,
for the children on relief"
As through the world I ramble,
well as through the world I roam
I ain't never seen an outlaw
drive a family from their home
As through the world I rambled,
I've seen some funny men
Some are gonna rob you with a six-gun,
some will do it with a fountain pen
Some are gonna rob you with a six-gun,
some will do it with a fountain pen