https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cuEOJnY7jE


[Intro]
      


[Verse 1]
              
Run oh Molly r

    
un, run oh Mol

ly run
              
Ten-Brooks gon

             
na beat you to

             
 the bright an

          
d shining sun
       
To the bright 

and shining su

n oh Lord
       
To the bright 

and shining su

n


[Verse 2]
              
Ten-Brooks was

              
 a big bay hor

       
se, he wore a 

shaggy mane
              
He run all ’ro

             
und Memphis, a

             
nd he beat the

         
 Memphis train

Beat the Memph

is train oh Lo

rd

Beat the Memph

is train


[Instrumental]
      


[Verse 3]
              
Ten-Brooks sai

              
d to Molly, wh

   
at makes your 

head so red
              
Running in the

             
 hot sun with 

             
a fever in my 


head

Fever in my he

ad oh Lord

Fever in my he

ad


[Verse 4]
              
Molly said to 

              
Ten-Brooks you

    
’re looking mi

ghty squirrel
              
Ten-Brooks sai

             
d to Molly I’m

             
 leaving this 

    
old world

Leaving this o

ld world oh Lo

rd

Leaving this o

ld world


[Instrumental]
      


[Verse 5]
              
Out in Califor

          
nia where Moll

y done as she 

pleased
              
Come back to o

             
ld Kentucky, g

             
ot beat with a

   
ll ease

Beat with all 

ease oh Lord

Beat with all 

ease


[Verse 6]
              
The women’s al

              
l a-laughing, 

    
the children a

ll a-crying
             
Men all a-holl

             
ering old Ten-

          
Brooks a- flyi

ng

Old Ten-Brooks

 a- flying oh 

Lord

Old Ten-Brooks

 a- flying


[Instrumental]
      


[Verse 7]
              
Kiper, Kiper, 

       
you’re not rid

ing right
              
Molly’s a beat

             
ing old Ten-Br

             
ooks clear out

    
 of sight

Clear out of s

igh oh Lord

Clear out of s

ight


[Verse 8]
              
Kiper, Kiper, 

         
Kiper my son
              
Give old Ten-B

             
rooks the brid

             
le and let old

            
 Ten-Brooks ru

n

Let old Ten-Br

ooks run oh Lo

rd

Let old Ten-Br

ooks run


[Instrumental]
      


[Outro]
              
Go and catch o

              
ld Ten-Brooks 

    
and hitch him 

in the shade
              
We’re gonna bu

             
ry old Molly i

             
n a coffin rea

   
dy made

In a coffin re

ady made oh Lo

rd

In a coffin re

ady made