Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Jacky came courtin' round the middle of June
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Betty Jo told jacky, "not a moment too soon"
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So they ran off to Cincy and they didn't tell a soul
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And that's where their story begins to unfold
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Yes that's where this story starts to unfold
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[Verse 2]
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Betty Jo told Jacky, my daddy's on the hunt
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and you know and i know he sure ain't no runt
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but jacky told betty, I ain't scared of your kin
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Ain't nobody stopping me from takin you in
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Yeah, no one stops jacky from takin her in
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[Verse 3]
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So they kept on runnin, stayin one step ahead
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Next stop was Ankeny, where secretly they'd wed
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Betty Jo said to Jacky "let me be your wife,
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And I'll stand by your side till the end of my life
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Yes I'll be by your side till the end of my life
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[Verse 4]
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One day outside Lincoln Betty Jo she exclaimed
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That's my daddy's pickup kickin dust in the lane
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Jacky told Betty Jo to go get the gun
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but Betty had already turned tail and run
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yes Betty Jo had already turned tail and run
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[Verse 5]
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Jacky stood tall at the end of the road
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Daddy's old pickup was carryin a load
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Betty Jo's seven brothers were piled in the back
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and in the window was hanging a full rifle rack
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and on the window there hung an old rifle rack
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The brothers hopped off and gave Jacky a chase
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Till Jacky lost footing and fell on their face
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The seven angry brothers took out their big knives
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And beat Jacky a hair past an inch of their life
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Yes Jacky got beat past the edge of their life
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[Verse 7]
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Seven weeks later, still no Betty Jo
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Her daddy's done give up, her brothers also
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But Betty kept the promise she made on that day
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and returned to the shallow grave where her Jacky lay
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Yeah she returned to that damn place where Jacky still lay
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[Outro]
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