Po' Lazarus

From the movie O' Brother Where Art Thou, this is the song Po' Lazarus, by James Carter and The Prisoners. If you liked this song, you should go out and buy the soundtrack.
Lyrics-
Well, the high sheriff
He told his deputy
Want you go out and bring me Lazarus
Well, the high sheriff
Told his deputy
I want you go out and bring me Lazarus
Bring him dead or alive,
Lawd, Lawd
Bring him dead or alive
Well the deputy he told the high sheriff
I ain't gonna mess with Lazarus
Well the deputy he told the high sheriff
Says I ain't gonna mess with Lazarus
Well he's a dangerous man
Lawd, Lawd
He's a dangerous man
Well then the high sheriff, he found Lazarus
He was hidin' in the chill of a mountain
Well the high sheriff, found Lazarus
He was hidin' in the chill of the mountain
With his head hung down
Lawd, Lawd
With his head hung down
Well then the high sheriff, he told Lazarus
He says Lazarus I come to arrest you
Well the high sheriff, told Lazarus
Says Lazarus I come to arrest you
And bring ya dead or alive
Lawd, Lawd
Bring you dead or alive
Well then Lazarus, he told the high sheriff
Says I never been arrested
Well Lazarus, told the high sheriff
Says I never been arrested
By no one man
Lawd, Lawd
By no one man
And then the high sheriff, he shot Lazarus
Well, he shot him mighty big number
Well the high sheriff, shot Lazarus
Well he shot him with a mighty big number
With a forty five
Lawd, Lawd
With a forty five
Well then they take old Lazarus
Yes they laid him on the commissary gallery
Well they taken poor Lazarus
And the laid him on the commissary gallery
He said my wounded side
Lawd, Lawd
My wounded side

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[gothgirl16]

this is a bad song to listen to in the car. you keep thinking you ran over or hit somthing! XD

[janiconjota]

@guitarhero2211 in this case it's actually a chain gang song, credit to James Carter and the Prisoners. you can find more info online, and a great account by T-Bone Burnett

[Mrzombiedrummer]

my hair!

[RaceOfRock]

I'M A DAPPER DAN MAN DAMMIT!

[kylemartinnicholas]

song I wrote with friends inspired by this movie and song. search "oh poor lazarus" 2nd one down.

[jesussmokes1]

black

[MrBigred314]

Seen it for myself.... SC carry labor laws... Imagine what they would do to ya back then... SMH... But this is Mississippi... So that's a whole different subject..

[TheSlynightwolf]

this is a good song to work to i play it when i'm working in my shop.

[B1gg1el1ttle]

I LOVE this song....

But it is kind of funny if you picture them being in a choir, and only a few of them know all of the words... and the rest jump in on the parts they know ;p

[Isaiah42069]

@pinkyush yea because the guys singing it are working on a chain gang.

[johncashrocks221]

@pinkyush yes, very similar, my best friend is Cambodian, but this is music from the american south, I hope to god no one forgets that

[SpyderWebbedHawk]

I do believe however the Fairfield Four performed the song for the bluegrass concert tour that came about after the movie was released.