Rastus Russell Lyrics - Adrienne Young

It was down in a grove off Curlew Creek 

Mr. Brown went out on her porch to sweep 

Was the Sabbath Day, late July 

The day Mrs. Brown was bound to die 

Was rumor goin round about money hid 

Not many believed it but Rastus did 

All he had in his hand was a Barlow knife 

Yeah thats what he used to take the first two lives 

They found the Browns tied to their bed 

When the Crumbs drove up 

The Browns were dead 

Old Rastus said hello with a loaded shotgun 

Never gave the Crumbs a chance to turn and run 

Rastus Russell born of bad blood 

Raised on misery, murder, and mud 

Only good thing in this whole song 

Is Rastus Russell is a dead and gone 

Well Sheriff Ted Tucker saw the mob on the street 

Radioed every cop on the beat 

Said no warnings given no questions asked 

Just find this Rastus and find him fast 

The hounds led em down to the old causeway 

Found him fishing in Dunedin Bay 

Took three strong men to reel him in 

And a fourth to finally put the cuffs on him 

Rastus Russell born of bad blood 

Raised on misery, murder, and mud 

Only good thing in this whole song 

Is Rastus Russell is a dead and gone 

Nobodyd every broke out of that Clearwater jail 

Oh but Rastus did and left a bloody trail 

There were red hand prints on a stolen truck 

Yeah Rastus was runnin out of luck 

Some kind wont stop at anything 

He was diggin up his mama for her diamond ring 

In the graveyard there they laid him low 

And thats a fittin end to this trail of woe 

Rastus Russell born of bad blood 

Raised on misery, murder, and mud 

Only good thing in this whole song 

Is Rastus Russell is a dead and gone