[02:43.00]Gather 'round people let me tell you 'bout Dupree
[02:43.00]Gather 'round people let me tell you 'bout Dupree
[02:43.00]And his woman back in 1903
[02:43.00]Betty was her name said she wanted a diamond ring
[02:43.00]Betty was her name said she wanted a diamond ring.
[02:43.00]Dupree told Betty you can have most anything
[02:43.00]Just lay down pretty Betty see what tomorrow brings
[02:43.00]Said lay down pretty Betty see what tomorrow brings
[02:43.00]May bring sunshine it may bring your diamond ring.
[02:43.00]Dupree went down-town a '44 in his hand
[02:43.00]Dupree went down-town a '44 in his hand
[02:43.00]Went for the jewelry but he shot that jewelry man
[02:43.00]Dupree said Betty here's your diamond ring
[02:43.00]Dupree said Betty here's your diamond ring
[02:43.00]Just to please you pretty Betty I've done, done a wicked thing.
[02:43.00]Dupree told Betty I'm bound for Tennessee
[02:43.00]Dupree told Betty I'm bound for Tennessee
[02:43.00]I'm sorry pretty Betty but that sheriff is a haunting me
[02:43.00]They caught poor Dupree and put him into the jail
[02:43.00]Caught poor Dupree put him in the jail.
[02:43.00]Atlanta prison is where Betty took Dupree his mail
[02:43.00]Dupree said judge I ain't been here before
[02:43.00]Dupree said judge I ain't been here before
[02:43.00]Judge told Dupree I'm gonna see that you don't come back no more.
[02:43.00]They took him to the scaffold a black cap upon his face
[02:43.00]Took him to the scaffold a black cap upon his face
[02:43.00]Now the cold cold ground is for Dupree's resting place
[02:43.00]Betty went to the graveyard singing near oh my God to thee
[02:43.00]Betty went to the graveyard singing near oh my God to thee.
[02:43.00]Oh, mister hangman look what you done done to Dupree
[02:43.00]She told the hack-driver to drive his wagon slow
[02:43.00]Told the hack-driver drive your dead wagon slow
[02:43.00]When you bury my Dupree I ain't gonna see him no more.
[02:43.00]Sail on Dupree sail on, sail on Dupree sail on
[02:43.00]Don't mind you sailing but you be gone so long
[02:43.00]So long Dupree poor boy so long, Dupree poor boy
[02:43.00]Don't mind you sailing you'll be gone so long, sail on.
[02:43.00]Dupree poor boy...