Songtext:
Dixon and Johnson
Dixon and Johnson went riding out one day,
Dixon and Johnson went riding out one day;
They rode up on a mountain ten thousand miles away
Oh Lord, l've becn all around this world
They rode up on a woman, as cold as cold or more,
They rode up on a woman, as cold as cold or more;
He wrapped her in his coat and set her up behind him,
Oh Lord, l've been all around this world
Dixon being wearied lie down to take a rest,
Up stepped this cruel old woman and stobbed him in the breast
She taken him to her parlor and cooled him with her fan,
She whispered low in her mother's ear, ''I love this gamblin'
man"
Oh woman, oh woman, now see what you have done,
You've killed your bravest soldier, and liable to be hung
They taken her out on the mountain and told her not to run,
All they gave to her was a pistol and a gun
The railroad is finished, the cars are on the track,
Trouble will drive a boy from home, but money will bring hin'
back
see also BUTCHER2
see also NEWRAIL
Note: a quite degenerate version of The Two Butchers; plus some
floaters from other songs
From Ozark Folksongs, Packard Collected from Mary Drain, AK,
1941
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filename[ DIXJHNSN
playexe DIXJHNSN
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===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY
Dixon and Johnson went riding out one day,
Dixon and Johnson went riding out one day;
They rode up on a mountain ten thousand miles away
Oh Lord, l've becn all around this world
They rode up on a woman, as cold as cold or more,
They rode up on a woman, as cold as cold or more;
He wrapped her in his coat and set her up behind him,
Oh Lord, l've been all around this world
Dixon being wearied lie down to take a rest,
Up stepped this cruel old woman and stobbed him in the breast
She taken him to her parlor and cooled him with her fan,
She whispered low in her mother's ear, ''I love this gamblin'
man"
Oh woman, oh woman, now see what you have done,
You've killed your bravest soldier, and liable to be hung
They taken her out on the mountain and told her not to run,
All they gave to her was a pistol and a gun
The railroad is finished, the cars are on the track,
Trouble will drive a boy from home, but money will bring hin'
back
see also BUTCHER2
see also NEWRAIL
Note: a quite degenerate version of The Two Butchers; plus some
floaters from other songs
From Ozark Folksongs, Packard Collected from Mary Drain, AK,
1941
@murder @treachery
filename[ DIXJHNSN
playexe DIXJHNSN
RG
===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY







