Their Faces Gaunt, Their Eyes Were Blurred, Their Shirts All Soaked With Sweat

[the_gneech]

Sixty years later, they still ain't caught 'em.

-The Gneech

Comments

[mecampbellesq.livejournal.com]

I've heard this song covered by dozens of different people over the years, but this is the version that gives me the biggest shivers...

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

The Johnny Cash and Blues Brothers versions are particularly good as well. :) Although the Burl Ives one is just plain odd.

-The Gneech

[frustratedpilot]

My favorite version is by the band The Outlaws.

[hantamouse.livejournal.com]

I think I've heard Willy Nilly sing it once. Very surreal, not at all creepy.