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Big Sam

Big Sam brought the power in    
Without old Sam in the dark we'd been   
Big Sam had the dirt road paved
'bout half hour to town it saved
Big Sam was elected by the people
His family name 's on the new church steeple
Sam won't above somethin' under the table
But he'd help you out whenever he was able
Big Sam was the man.

Big Sam had a teenage daughter
He loved that girl but one night he caught 'er
With a young man name o' Roscoe Woody
He ran the boy off as she screamed how could he
Then she told Sam bout the baby
It would be here by the springtime maybe
She told him that the baby she'd carry
But she and Roscoe won't gonna marry
Sam went into a rage.

Big Sam called up two of his men and said
Bring young Woody to the back hog pen,
I want you to teach that boy a lesson
Let him know not to be messin' with
Big Sam or you gonna be payin'
I want him beat until he starts prayin'
Then tell him if I catch him wid' my girl agin
We'll bring him right back to old hog pen
Big Sam meant what he said.

That night young Roscoe Woody died
Sam's daughter she screamed and she cried
Sam said it won't supposed to happen
He just told the boys to give him a slappin'
But the state law came for Big Sam and his men
Tried 'em in court and sent 'em to the state pen
Big Sam's house went up for sale
His daughter said she hoped he'd rot in jail.
Things were fallin' apart for Big Sam.

Big Sam died in the prison from cancer  But mostly they said the lights burned low 
His daughter got a job in a club as a dancer    And the new road was too slick in the snow
And later everybody tried to recall  Old Sam deserved just what he'd gotten
The things Big Sam had done for them all, It won't too long before Sam was forgotten
      And that was the way it ended for Big Sam.