Bottomless Well

They say there he sits in his big white wicker rocker Eatin' candy coated cashews sippin' orange lemonade While a sweet young thing fans the flies from off his eyebrows He's dozin' in the green catalpa shade Lord they say that Jesse Langtree's got it made A little bit south of the Okechobee there's a story that the swamp folks tell About a mean old man named Jesse Langtree And a sweet young maid and a bottomless well That water's cold but that don't matter how deep it is no one can tell Just drop a stone you'll never hear it splatter It just falls down down forever in the bottomless well Through fifteen miles of snakes and gators With the raging fever and the trembling chills I wandered lost through the Okechobee And there I seen 'em sittin' there by the bottomless well Yeah now there he sits... (Oh let's hear it for Jesse now hey Jesse) I asked her for a drink of water and as Jesse slept me and her we talked a spell She said that she was his wife and daughter Lord Lord But his heart was cold cold and dark as the bottomless well And as he slept I bent to kiss her I heard a loud and jealous yell Felt my head explode in darkness two big hairy arms picked me up And dragged me to the bottomless well I woke up in fear and trembling I was staring down into the jaws of hell As he held me high above his shoulders A gonna throw me down down down to the bottomless well Now here I sit in Jesse's big white wicker rocker Eatin' his candy coated cashews sippin' his orange lemonade While that sweet young thing fans the flies from off my eyebrows I'm dozin' in the green catalpa shade Enjoying things that Jesse Langtree made oh God bless you Jesse Now some folks say that sweet thing pushed him but I was there and I'd swear he fell But it ain't murder cause he ain't dead cause he's still a fallin' Goin' down down forever in the bottomless well Goin' down down down down down bye Jesse --- Bottomless Well - Bobby Bare