Lawman Reverend Brown

I can still recall the day my uncle Chester caught religion

The reverend took him swimmin' and the devil must have drown

Uncle Chester he was big mean and even vicious

But he didn't stand a chance against the lawman Reverend Brown

The lawman Reverend Brown was the sheriff of Pitman County

His hair was long and black like the dusty suit he wore

In the pockets of his coat were the tools of his profession

A tattered old black bible and a loaded 44

And all across the mountain you could hear the children singin'

Bout the peace down in the valley like there never was before

The reverend had a special way of healin' wicked sinners

He only had to shoot a few to save a whole lot more

I don't know where he came from but I do know where he gone

He's gone to meet his maker and to guard the masters thrown

And to keep a home fire burnin' for the ones lost in the night

The kind of fire he lit in me to help me see the light

And all across the mountain...