Scarlet Town

Buddy i went down to scarlet town

ain’t never been there before

well you slept on a feather bed

I slept on the floor

Now i don’t mind a little time

Or drinking my coffee cold

But the things i’ve seen in Scarlet town

Did mortify my soul

Well look at that deep well

Look at that dug grave

Ringin that i am there

In scarlet town today

I spent some time in New Orleans

And in Cairo on a bend, but

Scarlet town brought me down

Low as i ever been

On the day i came to scarlet town

You promised i’d be your bride

But you left me here to rot away

Like Polly on the mountain side

Now you may hide in scarlet town for a

Hundred years or more

But the man who knows what time it is is

Knocking at the door

So fare you well my own true love

If you ever see me around

I’ll be lookin through a telescope

From hell to scarlet town