Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 00:42:38 -0000 From: "Patrick Hurley" Subject: THE SHERIFF OF CRESTED BUTTE BLUES: Townes Song Hi, Anybody know of this song or ever recall Townes performing it? My best guess is that he wrote it around 1972, in a talking blues style, and performed it only briefly - for about a year or so. Patrick It goes... THE SHERIFF OF CRESTED BUTTE BLUES I was out in Crested Butte, Colorado Doin' a few things I suppose I shouldn't-a ought-a Here comes this man who says "I ain't cute And I'm the sheriff of Crested Butte I can tell trouble, two or three feet away" Say, how do you do, sir, how do you do He said "I'm doin' a little bit better than you Our jail was built in eighteen eighty-three Come on, son, you're goin' with me" Rats and roaches, stone walls, hot checks and cold dinners His moustache grizzled like a big blue spruce His face was the colour of a Christmas goose The comments he made were so obtuse I decided to shut up I get this idea he doesn't like me at all He comes walkin' into my little middle stall He has a club the size of a parrot's leg I tell you, boys, it wasn't that big I said "Mister, you better not hit me with that thing" -ENDS- ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 21:13:09 -0500 From: Wrecks Bell Subject: Re: THE SHERIFF OF CRESTED BUTTE BLUES: Townes Song Yea, I remember him doing it, I had forgotten about that one. Wrecks!