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The Ballad Of Tennessee Tex & Outlaw Willy Brown

from Live At The Ghirardelli Wine Cellar 1981 by DSG

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A western song.

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Outlaw Willy was a big man he stood 7 feet tall
No one in town messed with Mr. Brown much at all
He ruled the town as if it were his own
And had a heart much like a stone
He owned a shack outside the town
Everyone knows and no one goes near
Outlaw Willy Brown
Tennessee Tex was a traveling man a late pioneer
He traveled around helping folks in town live outside of Fear. Then one day
after saving a kid who had almost Drowned. He heard a shout that he better
watch out for
Outlaw Willy Brown.
Will's father was a mountain man who died when Will Was young.
People say
Will shot him while playing with His daddy's gun  He grew up with his
mother who lived In constant fear. Then one day when Will was away she
Disappeared. They found her body it was lying in the Ground. In tracks they
say were made and laid by Outlaw Willy Brown.
Tennessee Tex grew up in the west with his mom and Dad. His parents were
killed he swore on their will
He'd wipe out all the bad. So he took up a trade as a Bounty hunter and
brought men in by the pound
But the pounds dropped fast when he went at last after
Outlaw Willy Brown.
Outlaw Willy sat down outside the saloon. Waited for Tennessee Tex to come
in around noon. He waited and He drank down the evening sun. He wanted to
shot Tex Down and throw away his gun. But what Will didn't Know was what
Tex had in store. 'cause Tennessee Tex Had come to town late the night
before.  Tennessee Originally wanted Will Alive. But everyone knows that
Death follows the path in which it lies. And late that Night the full
moon's light gave Tennessee the edge he Took Will's gun and started to run
up the Hill Side Ledge. You could Hear the fight for miles in every way.
And no one knows For sure who won it to this day. Once while exploring I
found written on the ground the words
"I shot the man once known as Outlaw Willy Brown."

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from Live At The Ghirardelli Wine Cellar 1981, track released January 1, 1981
Recorded live by Skip Henderson at The Wine Cellar 1981

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