oh a hundred years is a very long time oh yes oh a hundred years is a very long time a hundred years ago well a hundred years on the eastern shore oh a hundred years on the eastern shore old bully john from baltimore i knew him well that son of a whore old bully john i knew him well but now he s dead and gone to hell he s dead and gone forevermore he s gone and dead that son of a whore a hundred years have passed and gone it s a hundred years since i made this song they thought the stars were set alight by a bunch of angels very night