I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water Lyrics - Stonewall Jackson

I was born in Macon Georgia they kept my dad in the Macon jail 

Dad said, "Son if you keep your hands clean 

You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail 

But I fell in with bad companions we robbed a man in Tennessee" 

The sheriff caught me way up in Nashville 

They locked me up and threw away the key 

I washed my hands in muddy water 

Washed my hands but they didn't come clean 

Tried to do like daddy told me 

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream 

I asked the jailer when's my time up 

He said "Son we won't forget and if you try to keep your hands clean 

We may make a good man of you yet" 

I couldn't wait to do my sentence I broke out of the Nashville jail