Lawman Reverend Brown Lyrics - Chris Ledoux

I can still recall the day my uncle Chester caught religion 

The Reverend took him swimmin' and the devil must have drowned 

Uncle Chester he was big, he was mean and even vicious 

But he didn't stand a chance against the lawman Reverend Brown 

The lawman Reverend Brown was the Sheriff of Pitman County 

His hair was long and black like the dusty suit he wore 

In the pockets of his coats were the tools of his profession 

A tattered old black bible and a loaded 44 

And all across the mountain you could hear the children singin' 

'Bout the peace down in the valley like there never was before 

The Reverend had a special way for healin' wicked sinners 

He only had to shoot a few to save a whole lot more 

I don't know where he came from but I do know where he's gone 

He's gone to meet his maker and to guard the masters thrown 

And to keep a home fire burnin' for the ones lost in the night 

The kind of fire he lit in me to help me see the light 

And all across the mountain you could hear the children singin' 

'Bout the peace down in the valley like there never was before 

The Reverend had a special way for healin' wicked sinners 

He only had to shoot a few to save a whole lot more 

The lawman helped the Reverend when he taught the old time gospel 

It was Heaven, it was prison over the loaded 44 

All across the mountain you could hear the children singin' 

'Bout the peace down in the valley like there never was before 

The Reverend had a special way for healin' wicked sinners 

He only had to shoot a few to save a whole lot more