Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Smack Water Jack, artist - Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Date of issue: 28.02.1971
Song language: English
Smack Water Jack |
Smackwater Jack, he bought a shotgun |
'Cause he was in the mood for a little confrontation |
He didn’t think about the noose |
He just let it all hang loose |
He couldn’t take no more abuse so he shot down the congregation |
You can’t talk to a man with a shotgun in his hand |
With a shotgun in his hand |
Now Big Jim the chief stood for law and order |
He called for the men to surround the border |
And from his bulldog mouth |
As the posse headed south |
Came a cry, «we got the right to clean up the streets for our wives and our |
daughters» |
You can’t talk to a man when he don’t wanna understand |
And he don’t wanna understand |
The account of the capture wasn’t in the papers |
But you know they hung old Smack right then and there instead of later |
And the people were quite pleased |
That the outlaw had been seized |
And on the whole it was a very good year for the undertaker |
You can’t talk to a man when he don’t wanna understand |
When he don’t wanna understand |