When The Curfew Blows

Country Joe McDonald

Oh the lonesomest sound, boys

I ever heard sound, boys,

On the stroke of midnight

Hear the curfew blow.



My body will hang, boys,

On the hangman's rope, boys,

On the gallows pole, boys,

When the curfew blows.



Hear the curfew blowin'

Hear the curfew blowin'

In the cold black midnight

Hear the curfew blow.



The sheriff's men, boys,

Are on my trail, boys,

In the midnight wind, boys,

Hear the curfew blow.



And when they catch me

My body will hang, boys,

On the gallows pole, boys,

When the curfew blows.



Hear the curfew blowin'

Hear the curfew blowin'

In the cold black midnight

Hear the curfew blow.