I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water

I was born in Macon Georgia

Kept my daddy over in Macon jail

He told me if you keep your hands clean, yeah

You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trailWell I fell in with bad companions

Robbed a man, oh up in Tennessee

They caught me way up in Nashville

They locked me up and threw away the keyWhat'd you do, son?I washed my hands in muddy water

Washed my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean

Tried to do what my daddy told me, yeah

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy streamWell, I asked the judge, now when's my time up?

He said son, oh, you know we won't forget

Now, if you try just to keep your hands clean, yeah

We might just make a good man of you yetOh, I couldn't wait, well, to get my time up

I broke out, broke out of Nashville jail

I just crossed the state-line of Georgia

Well, well, I can hear those bloodhounds on my trailWhat'd you do?Washed my hands in muddy water

I washed my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean

Tried to do, tried to do like my daddy told me

Yeah, but I must have washed my hands in a muddy streamYeah, washed my hands in muddy water

I washed my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean

Tried to do, tried to do like my daddy told me, oh yeah

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy, oh, ohYeah, washed my hands in muddy water

I washed my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean

I tried to do, tried to do like my daddy told me

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy streamYeah, I washed my hands in the muddy water

Wiped my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean

I tried to do like my daddy told me, oh yeah

But I must have washed my hands in the muddy streamYeah, I washed my hands in the muddy water

Washed my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean

Well, I tried to do like my daddy told me, oh yeah

But I must have washed my hands in the muddy streamYeah, I washed my hands in the muddy water

Washed my hands, oh, but they didn't come clean

Well, I tried to do, tried like my daddy told me, oh yeah

But I must have washed my hands in the muddy stream, yeahWashed my hands in the muddy water

Washed my hands, oh, ma-ma-ma-ma, come clean, mu-mu-mu

I tried to do, tried like my daddy told me, yeah lord

But I must have washed my hands in the muddy stream, come on!Washed my hands in the muddy water

Washed my hands, oh, but they didn't

Well, I tried to do like my daddy told me, oh yeah

But I must have washed my hands in the muddy stream, yeah...

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JOE T. BABCOCKPublished by

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