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Array ( [sid] => 132704 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Ballad of Shotgun Joe (pt1) [time] => 2007-03-14 14:44:40 [hometext] => In the tradition of old Country ballads, best read at a fast tempo. [bodytext] => When the air is still and it's dark as hell
There's a tale the old boys like to tell
Bout' a man a woman and a shotgun shell
And they call it the ballad of Shotgun Joe.

He was born in kansas or so they say
And his pa' beat his mother every day
So he took his shotgun and blew him away
And that's how he became Shotgun Joe.

He said "ma, you know I love you most
more than the Lord and his whole host
and now that that bastard man's a ghost
I guess they'll be lookin for Shotgun Joe."

So he turned and walked into the night
And from a way off he saw the flashing lights
they searched high and low but try as they might
They couldn't find Shotgun Joe.

He ended up down south somewhere
he got a drawl and grew out his hair
No one knew and no one cared
that he was Shotgun Joe.

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Ballad of Shotgun Joe (pt1)

Contributed by scott on Wednesday, 14th March 2007 @ 02:44:40 PM in AEST
Topic: StoryPoetry

When the air is still and it's dark as hell
There's a tale the old boys like to tell
Bout' a man a woman and a shotgun shell
And they call it the ballad of Shotgun Joe.

He was born in kansas or so they say
And his pa' beat his mother every day
So he took his shotgun and blew him away
And that's how he became Shotgun Joe.

He said "ma, you know I love you most
more than the Lord and his whole host
and now that that bastard man's a ghost
I guess they'll be lookin for Shotgun Joe."

So he turned and walked into the night
And from a way off he saw the flashing lights
they searched high and low but try as they might
They couldn't find Shotgun Joe.

He ended up down south somewhere
he got a drawl and grew out his hair
No one knew and no one cared
that he was Shotgun Joe.

Copyright © scott ... [ 2007-03-14 14:44:40]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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