Groveland
If you’re goin’ down to Groveland, if you’re goin’ down to Pray
I come here to tell you that Groveland’s gone astray
I went down to Groveland, I went down there to stay
And I come here to tell you that Groveland’s gone astray
There were twenty preachers preachin: brimstone, fire and hail
And twenty sinners sinning, were lined up in the jail
The posse comitatus was standing brave and proud
They said three cheers for Beauregard then fired into the crowd
I went down to Groveland, I went down there to pray
And I come here to tell you that Groveland’s gone astray
The wind don’t ever blow there, and no one ever cried
Uncle joe don’t go there, since Sammy Davis died
So they tracked down uncle remus and sent him back to school
They read him from the bible and took away his mule
I went down to Groveland, …
The sheriff and his daughter came out to start the war
They nailed their manifesto on the Murell Tavern door
It said devil got no house here. No hotel or salon
So take your soul revival. You best be moving on
I went down to Groveland, …
At night they lit the candles. At day they cursed the light
And twenty hooded horsemen came out to join the fight
The flags were on the courthouse, low and proud and mean
And the twenty preachers preachin, were admiring their machine
If you’re goin’ down to Groveland, …