Ballad of Big Bill McGuire (Single Version) Lyrics

McGuire was a big man

On the Alabama shore

When he got to drinking

Well, he only wanted more

And at the bottom of a bottle

He found his loaded gun

And headed back to Mobile

To put a man on the run

The Ballad of Big Bill McGuire

Now, Samuel was a good man

He never meant nobody harm

But you never cross old Big Bill

With his sister on your arm

McGuire grabbed his pistol

It was a silver .32

And he shot a man in cold blood

Just to settle the dispute

The Ballad of Big Bill McGuire

Big Bill went running

Right into the sheriff's arms

A confession for some brandy

But he don't seem too alarmed

Sent to die in prison

For the blood on his hands

Oh, but Big Bill kept grinning

Poor Sam never stood a chance

With only one regret

Before they sentenced him to life

I wish I shot him five times

Instead of only twice

The Ballad of Big Bill McGuire