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Kenny Wagner 
Kenny Wagner 
It was down in Mississippi Not many years ago, A young man started out in life, A life of sin and woe. Now Kenny Wagner was his name, A bandit bold and free; He shot down Sheriff McIntosh And fled to Tennessee. 
He was captured up in Tennessee And put into the jail. He had no one to help him out, No one to go his bail. But Kenny broke the jail one night, And he made his getaway. He thought that he could go through life And never have to pay. 
It was out in Texarkana Where Kenny met his fate. A woman sheriff called his hand And he pulled his gun too late. He was taken back for trial Right where the deed was done. The judge to Kenny turned and said, "No more you'll pull your gun." 
For Kenny Wagner broke the law, And he threw his life away And right behind the prison bars He'll sit till judgment day. So, folks, take fair warning And heed this kind advice: Don't ever break the laws of God; You'll always have to pay. 
DT #778 Laws E7 From Hudson, Folksongs of Mississippi 
Collected from John M Whitney of Vicksburg SOF apr97