Brown County Red

I started out young
 With my daddy's shotgun
 Making corn liquor to sell
 Mamma said son
 There'll be trouble to come
 I thought I was doing well
 I got in a bind
 On the brown county line
 And I shot three deputies dead
 I went on the run
 And before I was done
 The Ohio River ran red
 I can't tell it's night
 'Til they turn out the light
 I don't know the day or the hour
 They locked me up well in the Brown County Jail
 And I'm going to hang till I'm dead
 Cause I painted Brown County red
 Well the judge he looked down
 With his gavel and gown
 Said it's the end of the line
 In the eyes of this court
 You have lived by the sword
 And by the sword you're gonna die
 They'll bury me
 Underneath that oak tree
 So please carve these words in the trunk
 I'll never more kill
 For an old liquor still
 Here lies the Brown County drunk
 I can't tell it's night
 'Til they turn out the light
 I don't know the day or the hour
 They locked me up well in the Brown County Jail
 And I'm going to hang till I'm dead
 Cause I painted Brown County red
 I can't tell it's night
 'Til they turn out the light
 I don't know the day or the hour
 They locked me up well in the Brown County Jail
 And I'm going to hang till I'm dead
 Cause I painted Brown County red
 Yes I painted Brown County red