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Bootleg John
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Stanley Brothers
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In the land of Breathed County was raised a crooked man
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Made the county dry and the prices high
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For the bootleg whiskey man
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His age was barely twenty-one, his family was ashamed
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They had a son who left his home
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For a bootleg whiskey game
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Bootleg John won't you come on home
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Your family's all alone
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You're runnin' wild and your baby child
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Wants his daddy home
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His wife she loved hime dearly tho' he seldom came around
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She'd always cry when he said goodbye
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But she never could hold him down
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Twelve pistols in his pocket his shotgun on the floor
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He made his run to Lexington
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To the bootleg whiskey store
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His car was full of whiskey, his hand was on his gun
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He was set to go but he didn't know
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He was makin' his last run
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The sheriff pulled him over and he shot the lawman down
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They locked him well in the county jail
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And the jailer slapped him down
The Stanley Brothers, Rank Stranger
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