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Governor O.K. Allen chords by
Lead Belly
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Key: F major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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In nineteen
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hundred and thirty two

Honorable Governor O.K. Allen,
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I'm pleading to you.
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I left my wife wringing her hands and crying,


"Honorable Governor O.K. Allen,
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save that man of mine."

And the Honorable Manager
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Himes looked over the pen,

Told Governor O.K. Allen,
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"We've got too many men."
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Governor O.K. Allen began to turn about,


"We've gotta make some arrangements
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to turn some of them out ."

Then Honorable Manager Himes says
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to Honorable Warden Long,

"We done made some arrangements
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to let the men go home."

When I looked in the paper,
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then I was sur prised

When I saw the number
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three hundred and twenty five.

I know my wife's gonna
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jump and shout

When the train rolls up and
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I come stepping out .

Honorable Governor O.K. Allen,
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remember him the rest of my life,

He studied up a plan to send so many
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men to their wives.

When you write you a letter,
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please don't forget

The Lieutenant Governor
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Honorable Mr. Fournet.
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Had you Governor O.K. Allen, like you got me,

I would wake up in the morning,
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let you out on reprieve.
Outro 1
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