Now the high sheriff told the deputy, he said '
Go out and bring me Lazarus.' Oh the high sheriff told the deputy, he said '
Go out and bring me Lazarus.
Bring him dead or alive, oh yeah, bring him dead or alive.'
And the deputy began to wonder just where in the world they would find him.
Oh, the deputy began to wonder just where in the world they would find him.
Lord, I don't know, oh, I just don't know.
But they found poor Lazarus, found him up between two mountains.
Oh, they found poor Lazarus, found him up between two mountains.
And they blowed him down, oh, they blowed him down.
And what, what they used was a mighty big number.
Lord, what they used was a mighty big number.
Number 44, oh yeah, number 44.
And they took poor Lazarus, took him down to the commissary counter.
Oh, they took poor Lazarus, took him down to the commissary counter and they lowered him down.
Oh, they lowered him down.
And Lazarus' poor mother, she could not go to the funeral.
Lazarus' poor mother, she could not go to the funeral.
She didn't have no shoes, oh lord, didn't have no shoes.
Well, I tell you, high sheriff, I tell you all of your men are gonna leave you.
Yes, I tell you, high sheriff, I tell you all of your, all of your, all of your men are gonna leave you come next pay day.
Oh yeah, come next pay day.