Cash on the Barrelhead

CASH ON THE BARRELHEAD
 (Charlie Louvin - Ira Louvin)
 © '56 Acuff-Rose Music
 Got in a little trouble at the county seat
 Lord they put me in the jailhouse for loafing on the street
 When the judge heard the verdict I was a guilty man
 He said forty five dollars or thirty days in the can
 That'll be cash on the barrelhead son you can make your choice you're twenty one
 No money down no credit plan no time to chase you cause I'm a busy man
 Found a telephone number on a laundry slip
 I had a good hearted jailer with a six gun hip
 He let me call long distance she said number please
 And no sooner than I told her she shouted out at me
 That'll be cash on the barrelhead son not parting cash but the entire sum
 No money down no credit plan cause a little bird tells me you're a travelling man
 Thirty days in the jailhouse four days on the road
 I was feeling mighty hungry my feet a heavy load
 Saw a greyhound coming stuck up my thumb
 Just as I was being seated the driver caught my arm
 That'll be cash on the barrelhead son this old grey dog is paid to run
 When the engine stops and the wheels won't roll
 Give me cash on the barrelhead I'll take you down the road