PHILADELPHIA LAWYER
(Woody Guthrie)


Woody Guthrie - 1947
Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper - 1947
Maddox Brothers & Rose - 1949
Flatt & Scruggs - 1962
Cisco Houston - 1963
J.D. Crowe - 1968
Bonnie Owens - 1969
Willie Nelson - 1988
Aaron McDaris - 2005

Also recorded by: Tennessee Ernie Ford; The Country Gentlemen; 
John Duffey; Ramblin' Jack Elliott; Red Smiley; Kate Gaffney; 
Bob Baker; The Seldom Scene; Doug Sahm.




Way out in Reno Nevada
Where romance blooms and fades
A great Philadelphia lawyer
Was in love with a Hollywood maid

Come love and we will wander
Down where the lights are bright
I'll win you a divorce from your husband
And we can get married tonight

Now, Bill was a gun totin' cowboy
Ten notches were carved on his gun
And all the boys around Reno
Left Wild Bill's maiden alone

One night when he was returning
>From riding the range in the cold
He dreamed of his Hollywood sweetheart
Her love was as lasting as gold

As he drew near her window
Two shadows he saw in the shade
Twas a great Philadelphia lawyer
Making love to Bill's Hollywood maid

The night was as still as the desert
The moon hanging high overhead
Bill listened awhile to the window
He could hear every word that was said

Your hands are so pretty and lovely
Your form so rare and divine
Come go with me to the city
And leave this wild cowboy behind

Tonight back in old Pennsylvania
Among those beautiful pines
There's one less Philadelphia lawyer
In old Philadelphia tonight



 










(Contributed by  - January 2009)