Pretty Boy Floyd Lyrics - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds

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 

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 

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As through this life you travel, you meet some funny men 

Some rob you with a six-gun, and 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 

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