Otis Miller

[Intro]
Oh, we know this one, don't we?
Yeah, we do!

[Verse 1]
Otis Miller was a lad that killed many a man
He robbed the Lannahechee train
But that cowardly killer that shot Mr. Miller
Has laid old Otis in his grave

[Chorus]
Poor Otis had a wife to mourn for his life
Three children, they were brave
But that cowardly killer that shot Mr. Miller
Has laid poor Otis in his grave

[Verse 2]
It was Charlie Tatum, that dirty little coward
I wonder how he does feel
For he ate of Otis’ bread and he slept in Otis’ bed
Then laid poor Otis in his grave
Otis was a man, a friend to the poor
He’d never see a man suffеr pain
And with his brother Frank he robbed thе Blackwater bank
And stopped the Glendale train

[Chorus]
Poor Otis had a wife to mourn for his life
Three children, they were brave
But that cowardly killer that shot Mr. Miller
Has laid poor Otis in his grave

[Verse 3]
It’s Saturday night and Otis wasn’t home
Out talking with his family grave
And Charlie Tatum came along like a thief in the night
And laid poor Otis in his grave
Now the people held their breath when they heard of Otis’ death
And wondered how he ever came to die
It was one of the gang called little Charlie Tatum
That shot old Otis on the sly

[Chorus]
Poor Otis had a wife to mourn for his life
Three children, they were brave
But that cowardly killer that shot Mr. Miller
Has laid poor Otis in his grave