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1. I was sittin' beside the road in Blackjack County,
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not knowing that the Sheriff paid a bounty,
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for men like me that didn't have a penny to their names.
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So he locked my leg to 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain.
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2. And all we had to eat was bread and water,
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and each day we had to build the road a mile and a quarter.
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And a black snake whip, would cut our backs,
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when some poor fool complained.
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But we couldn't fight back wearing 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain.
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3. And then one night while the Sheriff was a-sleeping,
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we all gathered round him slowly creeping,
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and Heaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain,
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when we beat him to death with the 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain.
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4. Now the whip marks have all healed and I'm thankful,
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that there's nothing but the scar around my ankle.
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But most of all I'm glad no man will be a slave again,
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to a black snake whip, and 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain.
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Blackjack County chain, Blackjack County chain....