Well, if you ever go back into Wooley Swamp, well, you better not go at night.
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There's things out there in the middle of them woods that make a strong man
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die from fright. Things that crawl and things that fly and things that creep
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around on the ground. And they say the ghost of Lucius Clay gets up and he
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walks around.
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But I couldn't believe it. I just had to find out for myself. And I couldn't conceive
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it 'cause I never would have listened to nobody else. And I couldn't believe it.
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I just had to find out for myself there's some things in this world you just can't
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explain.
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Spoken:
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The old man lived in the Wooley Swamp way back in Booger Woods. He never
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did do a lot of harm in the world, but he never did do no good. People didn't
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think too much of him. They all thought he acted funny. The old man didn't
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care about people anyway. All he cared about was his money. He'd stuff it all
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down in mason jars and he'd bury it all around. And on certain nights if the
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moon was right he'd dig it up out of the ground. He'd pour it all out on the floor
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of his shack and run his fingers through it. Yeah, Lucius Clay was a greedy old
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man and that's all that there was to it.
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But I couldn't believe it. I just had to find out for myself. And I couldn't conceive
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it 'cause I never would have listened to nobody else. And I couldn't believe it.
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I just had to find out for myself there's some things in this world you just can't
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explain.
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Spoken:
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Cable boys was white trash. They lived over on Carver's Creek. They were
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mean as a snake and sneaky as a cat and belligerent when they'd speak. One
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night the oldest brother said, "Y'all meet me at the Wooley Swamp later. We'll
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take old Lucius's money and we'll feed him to the alligators." They found the
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old man out in the back with a shovel in his hand, thirteen rusty mason jars was
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just dug up out of the sand. And they all went crazy and they beat the old man,
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and they picked him up off of the ground. Threw him in the swamp and stood there
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and laughed as the black water sucked him down. Then they turned around and
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went back to the shack and picked up the money and ran. They hadn't gone
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no where when they realized they were running in quicksand. And they struggled
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and they screamed but they couldn't get away and just before they went under
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they could hear that old man laughing in a voice as loud as thunder.
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And that's been fifty years ago and you can go by there yet. There's a spot in
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the yard in the back of that shack where the ground is always wet. And on
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summer nights, if the moon is right down by the that dark footpath, you can
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hear three young men screaming. You can hear one old man laugh.
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Well, if you ever go back into Wooley Swamp, well, you better not go at night.
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There's things out there in the middle of them woods that make a strong man
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die from fright. Things that crawl and things that fly and things that creep
|
around on the ground. And they say the ghost of Lucius Clay gets up and he
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walks around.
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But I couldn't believe it. I just had to find out for myself. And I couldn't conceive
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it 'cause I never would have listened to nobody else. And I couldn't believe it.
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I just had to find out for myself there's some things in this world you just can't
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explain.
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there's some things in this world you just can't explain
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The Legend of Wooley Swamp
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| The Charlie Daniels Band |
