Down in St Louis at Twelfth and Carr

Big Bill Duncan was tendin bar

In Come Brady with a star on his chest

Duncan shot Brady and you know the rest



Brady, why didnt you run

Brady, done dead and gone

Brady, why didnt you run

When Duncan pulled out that Gatling gun



Brady, Brady, you sure done wrong

To bust in the room when the game was on

You shouldnt been knocking on Duncans door

Now youre layin dead on the grocery floor



Brady, why didnt you run

Brady, done dead and gone

Brady, why didnt you run

When Duncan pulled out that Gatling gun



Well, Brady went to hell lookin mighty furious

The devil says, where you from? East St. Louis

Well then take off your coat and enjoy your stay

For weve been expecting you every day



Brady, why didnt you run

Brady, done dead and gone

Brady, why didnt you run

When Duncan pulled out that Gatling gun



When the womenfolk heard that Brady was dead

They went upstairs and dressed in red

Down in St Louis theyre singin this song

Bradys in hell with his Stetson on.



Brady, why didnt you run

Brady, done dead and gone

Brady, why didnt you run

When Duncan pulled out that Gatling gun