Northeast Arkansas Mississippi County Bootlegger Lyrics - Kenny Price

There wasn't nobody that ever liked him farless loved him 

If you never got the chance to get to know him you wouldn't thought too much of him 

Folks said he was half mean if that was so that's all the mean he had to be 

As big as he was 

He was my daddy and he raised me 

The northeast Arkansas Mississippi County bootlegger 

I can't say that all he did in his life was always right 

I've heard talk back before I was born that he killed a man in a fight 

But all I know about him was how he took care of his own 

And some he didn't have to 

They'd shun him through the day but at night they'd bow 

From the northeast Arkansas Mississippi County bootlegger 

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He was ma daddy and he raised me 

The northeast Arkansas Mississippi County bootlegger 

My mama used to take me down to the croosroard church on Sunday 

The deacons and the ladies would talk about us and how we got our money 

But that didn't stop them 

When they decided they wanted a brand new sanctuary they came to see mama 

And the house of God was paid for 

By the northeast Arkansas Mississippi County bootlegger 

Now a man can only do the best he can by those he loves 

And maybe the livin' he made for us some others were jealous of 

The law of the land said he couldn't do it 

But there's also the law of supply and demand if it hadn't been him 

It might have been someone who wasn't as honest 

As the northeast Arkansas Mississippi County bootlegger 

Yeah he was a good man when he died I cried 

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