[Verse 1]
O once I loved an outlaw
He came and stole my heart
O how I count the hours
Since we were torn apart

[Verse 2]
On the road to Fairfax County
I spied a highwayman
He wanted all my money
And my heart beat like a drum

[Verse 3]
I gave him all my money
And sweet he smiled at me
His beauty I took pity
Beneath a black oak tree

[Verse 4]
And we kissed but for an hour
The sun was newly warm
The clouds were as the flowers
That bloom but for a morn

[Verse 5]
He gave back all my money
And he bowed most gallantly
He promised for to meet me
That night beneath the tree
[Verse 6]
And we'd flee to some far island
And there we would be wed
And freely we would live there
With no price upon his head

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 7]
That night I went to meet him
With my inheritance
He kissed me 'neath the half moon
And joyful we did dance

[Verse 8]
But love betrays all secrets
And it whispers on the breeze
The sheriff, he did follow
And all his deputies

[Verse 9]
Like hounds rushing to slaughter
The fox whose luck is run
Then he stood erect and cursed them
"God damn you every one!"
[Verse 10]
They seized him in a fury
And heeding not my plea
They hanged him 'neath the oak tree
Where he made love to me

[Verse 1]
Once I loved an outlaw
He came and stole my heart
O how I count the hours
Since we were torn apart