Old Crow Medicine Show - Deford rides again

^GDeFord was a man from Castlewood, Tenn' ^GBlowed on that harp both night and day ^GHow he wailed on them reeds 'til his lips would bleed ^GPlayed 'til the Lord knows when Just a ^Dlittle baby boy with a silver toy ^DAnd the polio strikin' fire and wind ^DAt four foot nine, just one of his kind The ^Ggreatest there ever been

^CBlow, blow, ^GDeFord, blow ^CPlay that Pan-Ameri^Dcan ^GOh, ^Foh, ^Gwhere did he go? DeFord ^DBailey rides a^Ggain

^GArise, gals and gents, for the show to commence ^GThere's a good-nature riot on the air ^GLittle DeFord's on the loose with them Muscle Shoals Blues ^GLet the Jim Crow South beware Like the ^Dfox chasin' game ^DHe was black balled and shamed ^DStripped out the silver from his hand ^DNow, it's welfare lines and a dollar shine Singin', "^GOh, Lord, ain't I a man?"

^CBlow, blow, ^GDeFord, blow ^CPlay that Pan-Ameri^Dcan ^GOh, ^Foh, ^Gwhere did he go? DeFord ^DBailey rides a^Ggain

^GThen he played his last note, in The Banner they wrote ^G"Must have been those Ice Water Blues" ^GNow, up in Greenwood you'll find a plot, four foot nine ^GFor our city's biggest shame, they whitewashed his name ^GFor that kind of sin, there ain't no excuse

^CBlow, blow, ^GDeFord, blow ^CPlay that Pan-Ameri^Dcan ^GOh, ^Foh, ^Gwhere did he go? ^GDeFord Bailey rides again ^CBlow, blow, ^GDeFord, blow ^CPlayin' up in glory ^Dland ^GWhoa, oh, where did he go? DeFord ^DBailey rides a^Ggain ^GDeFord Bailey rides again DeFord ^FBailey rides a^Ggain