Peg Leg Jesse`s Daughter — текст песни (Buddy Jewell)

Just south of town `bout a half mile down past Cemetary Ridge
Out behind the levy where the moss grows heavy there`s a one lane wooden bridge
That leads to a backwoods beer joint bar they call the Loaded Dice
Cross that bridge once ya` might not cross it twice

I know first hand it`s run by a man called Peg Leg Jesse Long
He got his name when a poker game he was cheatin` and went wrong
He`s got a cajun daughter ole` Jesse`s taught her how to double deal a man
When she casts her spell that Jezebel holds ya` down like sinkin` sand

He`s the meanest man in Catahoula County
Daddy warned me son ole` Jesse`s gun don`t ever leave his hand
I hear the devil was his father
Boy you can`t walk on water
So don`t press ya` luck with Peg Leg Jeese`s daughter

But I was young and wild and that devil`s child was dealin at the Dice
In a sultry voice she said hey boy tonight`s your lucky night
Well the lights were low when I pulled her close out on that sawdust floor
When our lips touched ole` Jesse cussed and cocked that 44

He`s the meanest man in Catahoula County
Daddy warned me son ole` Jesse`s gun don`t ever leave his hand
I hear the devil was his father
Boy you can`t walk on water
So don`t press ya` luck with Peg Leg Jeese`s daughter

I was runnin` fast when that bullet passed and slammed into that door
He yelled bet ya` life I won`t miss twice don`t come `round here no more

Cause I`m the meanest man in Catahoula County
Ain`t you heard son ole` Jesse`s gun don`t ever leave his hand
You can bet your bottom dollar you`ll wind up in deep water
If ya` press ya` luck with Peg Leg Jesse`s daughter
Boy don`t press ya` luck with Peg Leg Jesse`s daughter

Just south of town `bout a half mile down past Cemetary Ridge
Out behind the levy where the moss grows heavy there`s a one lane wooden bridge
That leads to a backwoods beer joint bar they call the Loaded Dice
Cross that bridge once ya` might not cross it twice