[00:00.000] 作词 : Bud Freeman/Leon Pober
[00:00.148] 作曲 : Bud Freeman/Leon Pober
[00:00.296]Well, they're hanging Joe Bean this morning
[00:04.136]For killing a man in Arkansas
[00:06.504]Funny thing about it,
[00:07.994]Joe Bean has never been to Arkansas
[00:10.855]And to top that
[00:12.439]Joe Bean never even heard of the man
[00:14.712]In fact
[00:15.591]Today is Joe Bean's twentieth birthday
[00:20.744]See through the prison bars Joe Bean
[00:25.417]See where the gallows stand
[00:28.983]Just twenty short years from the day you were born
[00:32.888]You'll die by the hangman's hand
[00:36.455]Yes they're hanging Joe Bean this morning
[00:40.424]For a shooting that he never did
[00:43.832]He killed twenty men
[00:46.119]By the time he was ten
[00:48.216]He was an unruly kid
[00:51.479]Yes they're hanging Joe Bean
[00:53.735]For the one shooting that he never did
[01:00.424]Well Joe your mother's at the Capitol
[01:03.416]Asking Governor for a stay
[01:07.048]And it's hard on her
[01:09.192]'Cause she knows where you were
[01:11.496]On that particular day
[01:14.951]You were working, Joe Bean
[01:17.471]Hard working
[01:20.684]Robbing the Santa Fe
[01:24.520]Well, the telegraph wires are hummin'
[01:27.751]Here, the Governor's words come through
[01:31.032]He said i can't set you free, 'cause it's not up to me
[01:35.288]But this much, Joe Bean, I'll do
[01:39.047]I'll join your mother in extending
[01:42.727]Birthday greetings to you
[01:45.240]Happy Birthday, Joe Bean