Songs For My Own Enjoyment: Ballad Of Cat Ballou, The

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Well now friends just lend an ear for you're  

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now about to hear the ballad of Cat Ba-llou  

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It's a song that's newly made and Pro-fessor Sam The Shade  

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And the Sunrise Kid are singin' it for you  

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Cat Ballou Cat Ba-llou   

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It's a hangin' day in Wolf City Wyomin' Wolf City Wyomin'  

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eighteen ninety four, they're gonna drop Cat Ballou....{Pause}  

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Through the ga-llows floor // / / / {Pause}  

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She killed a man in Wolf City Wyomin' Wolf City Wyomin'  

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killed a man it's true  

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And that is why they're a hangin'.....{Pause}  

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Hangin' Cat Ba-llou ///  

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She has the  

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smile of an angel fights like the devil  

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The eyes of an angel bites like the devil  

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The face of an angel I say she's the devil  

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She's mean and evil through and through  

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Cat Ba-llou Cat Ba-llou  

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She's mean and evil through and through_////_ ///////  

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With her outlaw band they're now tellin' a story  

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Now tellin' a story how she rode the plain  

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The wildest gal in the west.....{Pause}  

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since Cal-amity Jane // / / /  

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And to-day's the day that she's goin' to glory  

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She's goin' to glory for the way she sinned  

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They'll be a speedin' her soul.......{Pause}  

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On a wayward // wind //   

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She has the  

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smile of an angel fights like the devil  

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The eyes of an angel bites like the devil  

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The face of an angel I say she's the devil  

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She's mean and evil through and through  

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Cat Ba-llou Cat Ba-llou  

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She's mean and evil through and through // // // /./