22-20 Blues

Note: hyphen=word unsung
 Oh, Mr. Crest, Mr. Crest
 How in the world you
 Expect for me to rest?
 Oh, Mr. Crest, Mr. Crest
 How in the world you
 Expect for me to rest?
 You've got my 22-20
 Layin' up across my breast
 Oh, if I send for my baby
 An she act a fool
 An she don't never come
 If I send for my baby
 She act a fool
 An she don't never come
 All the doctors in New York City
 I declare, they can't help her none
 You know, sometimes she gets unruly
 An she act like she just don't wanna do
 Sometimes she gets unruly
 An she act like she just don't wanna -
 But I get my 22-20
 I cut that woman half in two
 Oh, your.38 Special
 Buddy, it's most too light
 Your .38 Special
 Buddy, it's most too light
 But my 22-20
 Will make ev'rything, alright
 Ah-or, your .44-40
 Buddy, it'll do very well
 Your .44-40
 Buddy, it'll do very well
 But my .22-20
 I declare you, it's a-burnin' hell
 I was stranded on the highway-hi
 With my 22-20 in my -
 I was standin' on the highway
 With my 22-20 in my -
 They got me 'cussed for murder
 I declare, I never have harmed a man
 Lord, oh I measured my gun
 An it's just a-long as my right arm
 I measured my gun
 An it's just a-long as my right -
 I'm gon' raise me some sand
 And back down the road, I declare.
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