Well me and brother Bill went a huntin' 
Away up in the hills of Maine
The reason why we went up there 
we thought we'd catch some game
And as we were a huntin'
Away in the middle of the night
We shot at somethin' that looked like a grizzly bear
The doggone thing turned white

I said to my brother
Come on and lets go home
He said now if you're going to the house
You'll have to go alone
As we were a hunting
Here comest the prisoner high
I looked toward my house
And I didn't even say goodbye

I dropped that gun
And away I run
Brother Bill said boy whats a matter with you
And he'd known like me he'd've cut out too
Well I run so fast to say and they couldn't catch me all day
Away I run cross that field....
No you couldn't catch me with an automobile

Brother Bill got so excited he commited shootin' at me
I heard those bullets sizzlin' all among those trees
I was runnin' so fast that night my feet wasn't touchin' the ground
I heard a little tailbird in the tree singing he's Alabamy bound

I passed right by my house, I didn't have time to knock
I passed right by a good crap game, I didn't have time to stop
I passed right by a ginville, stopped to get a littl;e gin
And I didn't have a dime to pay for it so I had to start runnin' again

 I'm goin' home I'm all alone
Brother Bill said boy whats a matter with you
And he'd known like me he'd've cut out too
Well I run so fast to say and they couldn't catch me all day
Away I run cross that field....

Yes No you couldn't catch me
No you couldn't catch me
No you couldn't catch me with an automobile...
