In My Reply

Matthew was a country boy
 Until one day he found
 That cheatin' folks was easier
 Than plowin' his daddy's ground
 He left his farm in Ohio
 Bound for Chicago town
 He crossed Big Jim and turned his back
 A bullet laid him down
 And as he lay there dying
 He begged, "Will I see my Ohio?"
 In my reply, I lied a bit
 And said I did not know
 Jim McCall was meek and small
 And to become a man
 He'd have to build himself up tall
 With fancy folks and land
 He threw some stones at honest friends
 And got himself these things
 His children left him and he sneered
 "That's what my kindness brings"
 And in the South End he got lost
 And asked me where to go
 In my reply, I lied a bit
 And said I did not know
 And lazy Susan called me up
 She'd heard I stole the show
 In my reply I lied a bit
 And said I did not know
 In my reply I lied a bit
 And said I did not know