Ah, The Wide Missouri
Dwellers on the bluff
Across The Wide Missouri
Never enough
No, never enough
Whip-poor-will
Whip-poor-will
Scissoring high in the trees
A beating would do me a world of good
Sneakin' by
Sneakin' by
I am down on my knees
A beating would do me a world of good
I took it from Saxon
I took it from Dad
I took it from fat Johnny Friendly
From 3 Vigilantes
I took it for Wild One
And then for my sin
I took it from Elizabeth
Again and again
Ah, The Wide Missouri
Dwellers on the bluff
Across The Wide Missouri
Never enough
No, never enough
Whip-poor-will
Whip-poor-will
Scissoring high in the trees
A beating would do me a world of good
Sneakin' by
Sneakin' by
I am down on my knees
A beating would do me
A beating would do me