Black Mountain Blues

Old Black Mountain

Tried to spit in your face

Old Black Mountain

Tried to spit in your face

Baby's grubbing whiskey

Oh she's practising bass

Old Black Mountain

Mean as they can be

Old Black Mountain

Mean as they can be

They use gunpowder

Just to sweeten the tea

Had a girl in Black Mountain

Sweetest girl in town

Had a girl in Black Mountain

Sweetest girl in town

But she met a sweet black man

Then she threw me down

Well, old Black Mountain

Can't keep man in jail

Well, Black Mountain

Can't keep man in jail

Jury call him guilty

Judge will grant him bail

Goin' back to Black Mountain

Me and my razor and my gun

Goin' back to Black Mountain

Me and my razor and my gun

Gonna cut her if she stands there

And shoot her if she runs