pretty boy floyd

well gather round children

a story i will tell

about pretty boy floyd the outlaw

oklahoma knew him well

was in the town of shawnee on a saturday afternoon

his wife beside him in a wagon as into town they rode

and along come a deputy sheriff in a manner rather rude

using vulgar words of language and his wife she overheard

and pretty boy floyd grabbed a long chain

and the deputy grabbed a gun

and in the fight that followed

he laid that deputy down

then he ran through the trees and bushes and lived a life of shame

every crime in oklahoma was added to his name

he ran through trees and bushes on the canadian river shore

and many a starving farmer opened up his door

it was in oklahoma city

it was on a christmas day

a whole carload of groceries and a letter that did say

well you say that i'm an outlaw

you say that i'm a thief

well

here's a christmas dinner for the families on relief

as through this life you travel

you meet some funny men

some rob you with a six-gun

some with a fountain pen

as through this life you ramble

as through this life you roam

you'll never see an outlaw take a family from their home