well gather round me children a story i will tell about pretty boy floyd the outlaw oklahoma knew him well it was in the town of shawnee on a saturday afternoon his wife beside him in the wagon as into town they rode then along came the deputy sheriff in a manner rather rude using vulgar words of language his wife she overheard then pretty boy grabbed a long chain and the deputy grabbed a gun and in the fight that followed he laid that deputy down then he ran to the trees and bushes to live a life of shame every crime in oklahoma was added to his name he ran to the trees and bushes on the canadian river shore and many a starving farmer opened up his door it was in oklahoma city it was on a christmas day a whole carload of groceries with a letter that did say you say that i m an outlaw you say that i m a thief well here s a christmas dinner for the families on relief as through this life you travel you meet some funny men some will rob you with a six gun and some with a fountain pen as through this life you ramble as through this life you roam you ll never see an outlaw take a family from their home