Bill Brady

Bill Brady - Leadbelly

Written by：Ledbetter

Duncan Jarvis was tendin' the bar

In walked Brady with a shinin' star

Brady said to Duncan you are under arrest

Duncan shot a hole in Brady's breast

Brady fell down on the barroom floor

Now please Mr Duncan don't you shoot me no more

Women all cryin' ain't it a shame

Shot King brady gonna shoot him again

Brady brady carried a forty five

Said it would shoot a half a mile

Duncan he carried a forty four

That's what laid Mr Brady so low

Brady brady brady you know you done wrong

You broke in my grocery when the game was goin' on

Knockin' down the window and tearin' down the door

And now you're lyin' dead on the grocery floor

Brady brady brady why didn't you run

You oughta replace that forty four gun

Brady brady why didn't you run

You oughta replace that Gatling gun

Mrs Brady was at home in bed

Got a telegram that King Brady was dead

Now children children put your hats on your head

And let's go out see if King Brady is dead

Yeah

Children was at home in Red Clime

Mother said children your daddy is dying

Go to bed children and take your rest

You're gonna get a pension if your daddy's dead

Brady brady brady you know you've done wrong

You broke in my grocery when the game was goin' on

Knockin' down the window and tearin' down the door

Now you're lyin' dead on the grocery floor

When all heard that Brady was dead

Went back home and dressed in red

Come a slippin' and a slidin' down the street

In their big mother hubbard and their stockin' feet

Brady brady brady you know you've done wrong

You broke in my grocery when the game was goin' on

Knockin' down the window and tearin' down the door

Now you're lyin' dead on the grocery floor