Lustful Earl And The Married Woman

(Tony Joe White)



Now, big Earl Bradshow, 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



Ahooo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo, ahooo 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



Ahooo hoo hoo hoo, all right, 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



"Ahoooie, why did you shoot me in the knee?

I was just trying to do the thing that comes naturally !"