Taneytown Lyrics

I went down to taneytown I went down to taneytown To see what I could see My mama told me never go But I'm almost 22 years old Sometimes I fear this holler swollow me She ran off to gettysburg Went off with that new beau of hers I snuck off after dark Long way down the county road Stars were bright The moon was low Down to where the black top highway starts
I went down to taneytown I went down to taneytown I went down to see what I could see
I could see everybody stared at me You'd think that they ain't never seen A colored boy before They chunked at me at me Called me names They'd have whipped me sure but the sheriff came I slipped off through the dry goods store I ran down division street Some of them boys followed me Down to the railroad track Four of them and I cain't fight But I had my old randall knife I cut that boy and I never did look back
I went down to taneytown I went down to taneytown I went down to see what I could see
Month went by without a word Somebody down the holler heard About that boy they hung He begged those men to spare his life But I dropped my bloody randall knife He picked it up so they thought he was the one
I went down to taneytown I went down to taneytown I ain't goin' back there anymore