Don't Go Down to the Quarry - Peter, Paul and Mary

Don’t go down to the quarry in the middle of the night

You’ll never come back, you’ll never be right

We lost maggie there just last spring

And big ben johnson, he couldn’t do a thing

Big ben johnson made a bet with mad man mike

That he could cross the quarry in the middle of the night

He got there, 'bout halfway across

When he started sinking down in the red clay moss

Nearby standin' on the tracks where the trains used to come

Was mad man mike, beatin' on his drum

Laughin' out loud, eyes rollin' in his head

Standin' on the tracks in the lucifer’s stead

With a long red cape and fire in his eyes

He lifted up his hands to the midnight skies

And the thunder start to roll and the lightenin' flashed wild

And big ben johnson start a cryin' like a child

Don’t go down to the quarry, don’t, don’t go down

Don’t go down to the quarry, don’t, don’t go down

Don’t go down to the quarry, don’t, don’t go down

Down, down, down, down

Then the earth gave a shudder, the quarry start to split

Screamin' down went johnson into the fiery pit

With a laugh that shivered the center of the bone

Mad man mike just standin' there alone

He’s callin' all the people, to take their turn

And fall into the pit and eternally burn

Down, down, don’t go down

Down, down, down, down

Lucifer’s caught on the railraod track

He’s howlin' at the moon 'cause he can’t come back

And in the evenin' while we’re sittin' there in front of the fire

We laugh at old lucifer before we retire

Don’t go down to the quarry in the middle of the night

You’ll never come back, you’ll never be right

We lost maggie there just last spring

And big ben johnson, he couldn’t do a thing

Don’t go down to the quarry, don’t, don’t go down

Don’t go down to the quarry, don’t, don’t go down

Don’t go down to the quarry, don’t, don’t go down

Down, down, down, down