Misc Unsigned Bands – Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Lost John Dean (Guitar)

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Did you ever hear the story about lost John Dean?

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A bold black robber, from Bowling Green;

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They put him in the jail house the other day,

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And late that night he made his getaway.

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He's long gone, from Old Kentucky,

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 Long gone, ain't he lucky;

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He's long gone, that's what I mean,

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He's long gone, from Bowling Green.

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They offered a reward for to fetch him back

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They even put the blood hounds on his track

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The doggone blood hounds lost his scent

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And nobody knows where Lost John went

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He's long gone, from Old Kentucky

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He's long gone, ain't he lucky;

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He's long gone, that's what I mean

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He's long gone, from Bowling Green

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I'll never forget till the day I die

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I played the game of love, When the woman held high

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It was a heads you win, and tails I lose

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The woman played the ace, and I played the deuce

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But I'm long from Old Kentucky

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I's long gone, ain't he lucky;

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I's long gone, that's what I mean

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I's long gone, from Bowling Green

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The old man went around, with a gun in his hand

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As a look in this town, for a gamblin' man

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You can't play love, when a heart says trump

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'Cuz you never can tell, how the cat's gonna jump

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But I's long gone from Old Kentucky

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Long gone, ain't he lucky

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I's long gone, that's what I mean

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I's long gone, from Bowling Green