Our Singing Country

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	Outlaws
	2   I come here spending money free, A-spending money at balls and plays, At last my money grew very low And then to roving I did go. 3   I married me a handsome wife, A girl I loved dear as my life; To keep her dressed so neat and gay. It caused me to rob on this highway. 4  I robbed old Nelson, I do declare, I robbed him on St. James' Square, I robbed him of five thousand pounds, Dividing with the comrades round. 5   But now I am condemned to die, A-many a lady for me cry; Pretty Molly weeps, tears down her hair, A lady alone left in despair. 6  My father weeps, he maketh moan. My mother cries her darling son, But all the weeping won't help me Or save me from the gallows tree. 7  Now I am dead, laid in my grave, The final joy creeps over my head. All around my grave play tunes of joy— Away goes a reek and the rambling boy.
	WHEN FIRST TO THIS COUNTRY A STRANGER I CAME 4?b, No. 6$ Ace. on guitar and sung by Foy Gant and Mrs. Gant, Austin, Texas, 1935.