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The Testament of Rudy Baron (wire recorder version)

from The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925​-​1930) by Li'l Andy

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lyrics

It was on a Sunday evening,
The clock was striking nine,
The crowd round the counter in Kendall’s barroom
Was low-down and feelin’ fine.
When in walked a handsome stranger—
He stood a good six feet pat—
He brushed the snow from the lapels of his swallow-tail coat
And he doffed his Derby hat.
And he sat by a yellow-haired lady,
He looks into the mirror and winks,
He says, “Someone in this bar might be killed tonight!”
Then he paid for a round of drinks.

He says, “My name? My name is Rudy Baron.
I used to ride the Queen & Crescent And that A&V line.
Last night, I wined the Governor’s wife in a first-class dining car
But tomorrow morning, that’s when I ride the blinds.”

He said he’d gambled in old Monte Carlo.
He’d spent most of his life on the lam,
Since the night he stuck his pearl-handled razoo
On a bailiff in Birmingham
So he ran rum down in Havana,
Says, “Those boys ain’t caught up with me yet!
Why, if I hadn’t cut that cop I’d never made the front page
Of the National Police Gazette.”
And he says, “It’s not my way to preach, boys.
But let me give you a bit of advice:
If you got a sweetheart, don’t leave her to the wolves
And take to the rambling life!”

He says, “My name? My name is Rudy Baron.
I’m the man who robbed the Southern Trust—
I never lost a bet.
But now there’s nothing in this world I own
But a dusty old suit of clothes
And now I come home to make good on a debt.”

He chewed on his plug o’ tobacky,
Says, “Boys, let me bid you farewell.”
And when he hit the brass spittoon on the barhouse floor,
It rang out like a mission bell.
Rudy walked slow to the doorway
when a single shot cracked through the air.
Then he fell to his knees and he uttered a curse
On the gal with the yellow hair.
In her hand was an Owl’s Head pistol—
She shivered and started to weep,
As the life from the body or Rudy Baron
Poured out onto Waterfront Street.
 

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from The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925​-​1930), released March 17, 2022

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