Along Came Jones
((French Version: Zorro Est Arrivé (by Henri Salvador - 1964))
Composer(s): Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller
First release by: The Coasters - 1959
Covered by multiple other artists



I plopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel 2 
A bad gunslinger called Salty Sam was chasin' poor Sweet Sue 
He trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil laugh
"If you don't give me the deed to your ranch,
I'll saw you all in half!" 

And then he grabbed her 
And then -- he tied her up 
And then -- he turned on the bandsaw 
And then, and then... 

And then along came Jones 
Tall, thin Jones 
Slow-walkin' Jones 
Slow-talkin' Jones 
Along came long-legged, lanky Jones 

Commercial came on, so I got up to get myself a snack 
You should've seen what was goin' on by the time that I got back 
Down in the old, abandoned mine, Sweet Sue was a-havin' fits 
That villain said, "Give me the deed to your ranch 
or I'll blow you all to bits!" 

And then he grabbed her 
And then -- he tied her up 
And then -- he lit the fuse to the dynamite 
And then, and then... 

And then along came Jones 
Tall, thin Jones 
Slow-walkin' Jones 
Slow-talkin' Jones
Along came long-legged, lanky Jones 

I got so bugged I turned it off and turned on another show 
But there was the same old shoot-'em-up and the same old rodeo 
Salty Sam was tryin' to stuff Sweet Sue in a burlap sack 
He said, "If you don't give me the deed to your ranch, 
I'm gonna throw you on the railroad tracks!" 

And then he grabbed her 
And then -- he tied her up 
And then -- he threw her on the railroad tracks 
And then -- a train started comin' 
And then, and then... 

And then along came Jones 
Tall, thin Jones 
Slow-walkin' Jones 
Slow-talkin' Jones 
Along came long-legged, lanky Jones