Billy was a young man gone astray bottle at his lips all night
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And day mama said they're gonna send you up the river someday
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Whiskey ate big holes in billy's head summer's day he shot spud murphy dead
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He said i'm headed up the river as he watched the blood pour red
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Mama asked lord jesus what to do at the door came knocking boys in blue
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We're gonna send him up the river and make him pay his dues ma'am
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And so she watched him round that riverbend go billy felt a chill pass 'cross him
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Cold they sent him up the river to turn a young man old
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Up The River
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| Laura Veirs |
