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Custer cut him down in old Arkansas Beneath the full moon near Navajo Pass He roped ‘im and he choked ‘im and he hanged ‘im so high The angels in heaven they started to cry
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Thirteen black witches and virgins so fair The cold stench of sulfur thick in the air A serpent of gold and the guts of a child Slaughtered then fed to the beasts of the wild
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Never again hear his moans at night Never again see Lucifer’s Light All are now free from the pleasure of sin I done said it once but I’ll say it again
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