Ah, The Wide Missouri Dwellers on the bluff Across The Wide Missouri Never enough No, never enough Whip-poor-will Whip-poor-will Scissoring high in the trees A beating would do me a world of good Sneakin' by Sneakin' by I am down on my knees A beating would do me a world of good I took it from Saxon I took it from Dad I took it from fat Johnny Friendly From 3 Vigilantes I took it for Wild One And then for my sin I took it from Elizabeth Again and again Ah, The Wide Missouri Dwellers on the bluff Across The Wide Missouri Never enough No, never enough Whip-poor-will Whip-poor-will Scissoring high in the trees A beating would do me a world of good Sneakin' by Sneakin' by I am down on my knees A beating would do me A beating would do me