[00:31.64]Billy was a young man gone astray
[00:37.72]Bottle at his lips all night and day
[00:43.42]Mama said they're gonna send you up the river someday
[00:49.47]Mama said they're gonna send you up the river someday
[00:56.06]Whiskey ate big holes in billy's head
[01:02.34]Summer's day he shot Spud Murphy dead
[01:08.04]He said i'm headed up the river as he watched the blood pour red
[01:14.14]Yeah he headed up the river as he watched the blood pour red
[01:44.36]Mama asked lord Jesus what to do
[01:50.36]At the door came knocking boys in blue
[01:56.00]We're gonna send him up the river and make him pay his dues ma'am
[02:01.89]We're gonna send him up the river and make him pay his dues
[02:08.46]And so she watched him round that riverbend go
[02:14.75]Billy felt a chill pass 'cross him cold
[02:20.88]They sent him up the river to turn a young man old
[02:26.49]Yeah they sent him up the river to turn a young man old