Taneytown

I went down to Taneytown

I went down to Taneytown

To see what I could seeMy mama told me never go

I'm damn near twenty two years old

Sometimes I fear this holler swallow meShe ran off to Gettysburg

Went off with that new beau of hers

I snuck off after darkIt's a long way down the county road

The stars were bright and the moon was low

Down to where the black top highway startsI went down to Taneytown

I went down to Taneytown

I went down to see what I could seeNow everybody stared at me

You'd think that they ain't never seen

A colored boy beforeWell they chunked at me and called me names

They'd have whopped me sure but the sheriff came

I slipped off ran through the dry goods storeI ran down Division Street

Some of them boys followed me

Down to the railroad trackThere's four of them and I can't fight

But I had my old Randall knife

I cut that boy and I never did look backI went down to Taneytown

I went down to Taneytown

I went down to see what I could seeCross the fields and woods I run

Like a bullet from a rabbit gun

Back home to my bedNow Ma came in from Gettysburg

Her and that new beau of hers

"Boy you look like hell"; alls she saidA month went by without a word

Somebody down the holler heard

About that boy they hungHe begged those men to spare his life

But I dropped my bloody Randall knife

He picked it up so they thought he was the one, yeahI went down to Taneytown

I went down to Taneytown

I ain't goin' back there anymore