Yes, as through this world I've wandered I've seen lots of funny…

Yes, as through this world I've wandered I've seen lots of funny men Some will rob you with a six-gun And some with a fountain pen.

Woody Guthrie

Pretty Boy Floyd · 1964

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Guthrie, Woody. "Pretty Boy Floyd." Dust Bowl Ballads. RCA Victor, 1964.

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