Hank Snow I Washed my Hands in Muddy Water Lyrics:
Written by Joe Babcock Recorded by Hank Snow

I was born in Macon Georgia they kept my dad in
the Macon jail Dad said son if you keep your hands
clean You won't hear them bloodhounds on your
trail But I fell in with bad companions we robbed
a man in Tennessee The sheriff caught me way up in
Nashville they locked me up and threw away the key
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I washed my hands in muddy water I washed my hands
but they didn't come clean I tried to do what
daddy told me but I must have washed my hands in a
muddy stream

I asked the jailer I said "When's my time up?" He
said "Son we won't forget. And if you try to keep
your hands clean, we may make a good man of you yet."
I couldn't wait to get my time in I broke out of
that Nashville jail I just crossed the line of
Georgia and I can hear the bloodhounds on my trail
I washed my hands...
Lyrics: I Washed my Hands in Muddy Water, Hank Snow [end]