Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
Ernest Tubb; Stonewall Jackson; Elvis Presley; many others 1965
  (Hi Hat 5075)   Tom Perry
 
two columns

OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER    Basic - SSD Week 4

Sides face, grand square
*I was born in Macon, Georgia
Kept my dad in the Macon jail
My dad said, "Son, if you keep your hands clean
You won't have them blood-hounds on your trail"

Circle left
Well, I washed my hands in muddy water
You do an allemande left, swing and promenade
I need to do what my daddy told me
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream


FIGURE    C4, corner progression

Well 1 & 3 square thru and get me four now
Single circle to a wave, fan the top
Do a turn & left thru
Gonna send her back like a dixie style to an ocean wave
Then the boys cross run, ladies trade
Do a single hinge, scoot back, swing and promenade
I need to do what my daddy told me
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream


ALTERNATE LYRICS

*I fell in with bad companions
Robbed the mail in Tennessee
Sheriff caught me in Waycross, Georgia
He locked me up and threw away the key


TAG

But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

Data page: https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/viewsingle.php?RecordId=8329
Cue sheet: https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/cuesheet.php?RecordId=8329
Lyrics:    https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/lyrics.php?LyricsId=1138