Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoIs it true America has a long history of idolizing outlaws? Can you name some?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up184
arrow-up184message-squareIs it true America has a long history of idolizing outlaws? Can you name some?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareDespotic Machine@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·edit-24 days agoPretty Boy Floyd Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd Yes, as through this world I’ve wandered I’ve seen lots of funny men Some will rob you with a six-gun And some with a fountain pen And as through your life you travel Yes, as through your life you roam You won’t never see an outlaw Drive a family from their home From the Youtube comments: “This is the acoustic version of ‘Fuck the Police’”
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-24 days ago He was seen positively by the public because, during robberies, he burned mortgage documents freeing many people from their debts. Shit seems relevant.
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoAlso, Stagger Lee, an old blues standard about a violent badass that has been interpreted and reinterpreted for over a century
Pretty Boy Floyd
Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd
Yes, as through this world I’ve wandered I’ve seen lots of funny men Some will rob you with a six-gun And some with a fountain pen
And as through your life you travel Yes, as through your life you roam You won’t never see an outlaw Drive a family from their home
From the Youtube comments: “This is the acoustic version of ‘Fuck the Police’”
Shit seems relevant.
Also, Stagger Lee, an old blues standard about a violent badass that has been interpreted and reinterpreted for over a century