Lyrics Lustful Earl And The Married Woman - Tony Joe White

Lustful Earl And The Married Woman

Now, big Earl Bradshaw, he was a lone wolf
He was always on the prowl
And when he’d go out to find a woman
You could hear his awful howl
Ahoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo
Ahoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo
Baby, I’m comin' for you
Ahoo, ahoo, ahoo
Now, Lucy Dorcey, she was a pretty thing
But you know, she was married
Whenever she see him, old big Earl coming
She’d hide the ring she was wearing
Ahoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, alright
This went on every night
Big Earl would howl for more
But then one night there came a-poundin' on the door
There went her husband, he knocked the door down
And he grabbed her ferociously
She said, «Earl honey, would you call the police
'Cause I believe, he’s a-killin' me»
He turned on Earl with the gun
There was no chance to run
He said, «You've had it, son»
But he’d missed and shot him through the knee
Well, old Earl, he jumped out the window
He was naked and limping down the road
And you could hear him howling in the distance
But he sounded like a wounded toad
«Ahooie, why did you shoot me in the knee?
I was just trying to do
The thing that comes naturally»