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Come all you good people and lend me your ear

I got a sad story that you oughta hear

The wind it was howlin' 'round Sam Older’s shack

The night that his killer stepped out of the black

And shot Sam down from the rear

Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred

A pal right down to the end

Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred

The black-hearted, white-livered, backbitin' sidewinder

Murdered his own best friend

It happened on Friday the thirteenth of May

The coroner carried Sam Older away

If I don’t know nothin'

There’s one thing’s a fact

The hole was much bigger in front than in back

Now you don’t kill a brave man that way

Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred

A pal right down to the end

Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred

The black-hearted, white-livered, backbitin' sidewinder

Murdered is own best friend

Now folks when you sleep

Put a bolt on your door

Wes Tancred is loose with his Colt 44

Don’t lie on your stomach when you go to bed

'Cause he’ll take a shot at the back of your head

The way he done it before

Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred

A pal right down to the end

Wes Tancred, Wes Tancred

The black-hearted, white-livered, backbitin' sidewinder

Murdered is own best friend

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