Washed My Hands In Muddy Water    (HH 5075)   Tom Perry

OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER



Sides face, grand square
*I was born in Macon, Georgia
Kept my dad in the Macon jail
My dad said, "Son, if you keep your hands clean
You won't have them blood-hounds on your trail"

Circle left
Well, I washed my hands in muddy water
You do an allemande left, swing and promenade
I need to do what my daddy told me
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

FIGURE



Well 1 & 3 square thru and get me four now
Single circle to a wave (fan the top)
Do a turn & left thru
Gonna send her back like a dixie style to an ocean wave
Then the boys cross run, ladies trade
Do a single hinge, scoot back, swing and promenade
I need to do what my daddy told me
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

ALTERNATE LYRICS



*I fell in with bad companions
Robbed the mail in Tennessee
Sheriff caught me in Waycross, Georgia
He locked me up and threw away the key

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But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream