The Legend of Wooley Swamp
Charlie Daniels

If you ever go back into Wooly Swamp son you better not go at night
There's things out there in the middle of them woods
That'd make a strong man die from fright
There's things that crawl and things that fly
And things that creep around on the ground
And they say the ghost of Lucias Clay gets up and it walks around.

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But I couldn't believe it, I just had to find out for myself
And I couldn't conceive it, I never would listen to nobody else
No I couldn't believe it, I just had to find out for myself
That there's some things in this world you just can't explain.

The old man lived in the Wooly Swamp way back in the gurgling woods
And he never did do a lot of harm in the world
But he never did do no good
People didn't think too much of him
They all thought he acted funny
The old man didn't care about people anyway
All he cared about was his money.
He'd stuff it all down in Mason jars and bury it all around
But on certain nights if the moon was right
He'd dig it up out of the ground.
He'd pour it all out on the floor of his shack
And run his fingers through it.
Old Lucias Clay was a greedy old man
And that's all there ever was to it.

CHORUS

The Crayton boys were white trash they lived over on Parvis Creek
They were a real snake and sneaky as a cat
And belligerent when they'd speak.
One night the oldest brother said ya'll meet in the Wooly Swamp later
We'll get old Lucias' money and we'll feed him to the alligators.
They found the old man out in the back with a shovel in his hand
And thirteen rusty Mason jars he just dug up out of the sand.
And they all went crazy and they beat the old man
Then they picked him up off the ground
Then they threw him in the swamp and they stood there and laughed
Till the black water sucked him down.
Then they turned around and went back to the shack
And they picked up the money and ran.
But they hadn't gone nowheres when they realized
They were running in quicksand.
And they struggled and screamed but they couldn't get away
Then just before they went under
They could hear that old man laughing
In a voice that was loud as thunder.

Now that's been fifty years ago an' if you go back by there again
There's a spot in the yard in back of that shack
Where the ground is always wet.
And on certain nights if the moon is right
And you're down by the dark footpath
You can hear three yound men screaming
And you can hear that old man laugh.

Repeat (V-1)

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Lyrics by Charlie Daniels

  (What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks   A Day in the Life   All Night Long   Alley Cat   Amazing Grace   America, I Believe in You   American Farmer   Behind Your Eyes   Big Balls In Cowtown   Big Man   Billy the Kid   Blind Man   Blowing Along With the Wind   Blue Star   Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues   Caballo Diablo   Can't Beat the Damned Ole Machine   Carolina (I Remember You)   Dance Gypsy Dance   Devil Went Down to Georgia   Dixie on My Mind   Drinkin Wine SpoDeeODee   Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye   El Toreador   El Toreador [Live]   Everytime I See Him   Fais Do Do   Freebird   Funky Junky   Georgia   Ghost) Riders In the Sky: A Cowboy Legend   Give This Fool Another Try   Gone for Real   Good Hearted Woman   Goodnight Loving Trail   Great Big Bunches Of Love   He's Not Here   Heart of My Heart   High Lonesome   Homesick   Honky Tonk Avenue   I'll Always Remember That Song   I'll Try Again Tomorrow   In America   Its Happening Now   Jackson   Jesus Died for You   Jesus Is the Light of the World   Jitterbug   Keep Your Hands to Yourself   King Size Rosewood Bed   Land Of Opportunity   Layla   Let Freedom Ring   Let Her Cry   Let It Roll   Little Folks   Little Folks - Charlie Daniels   Little Joe and Big Bill   Long Haired Country Boy   Looking For My Mary Jane   Midnight Train   Midnight Wind   Mississippi   Money   My Baby Plays Me Just Like a Fiddle   My Christmas Love Song to You   New Pharisees   No Place to Go   Oh Juanita   Old Chisholm Trail   Orange Blossom Special   Passing Lane   Payback Time   Play Me Some Fiddle   Praying to the Wrong God   Pride and Joy   Prologue   Rainbow Ride   Reflections   Renegade   Running With the Crowd   Saddle Tramp   San Miguel   Sharp-Dressed Man   Simple Man   Slow Song   Somebody Loves You   Star Eyes   Statesboro Blues   Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)   Still in Saigon   Sunday Morning   Sweet Little Country Girl   Sweet Louisiana   Talk to Me Fiddle   Tennessee Two Step   Texas   The Christmas Song   The Devil Went Down to Georgia   The Girl Next Door   The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down   The Pope and the Dope   The Song Is You   The South's Gonna Do It   The South's Gonna Do It Again   Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day   Troubles of My Own   Trudy   Turned My Head Around   Two Out of Three   Uneasy Rider   Uneasy Rider '88   What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul)   What You Gonna Do About Me   Whiskey   Why Can't People   Wichita Jail

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