Time of the Preacher Lyrics

(Verse 1)
It was a time of the preacher,
when the story began
Of the choice of a lady
and the love of a man
How he loved her so dearly,
he went out of his mind,
When she left him for someone,
that she'd left behind.
(Verse 2)
And he cried like a baby
And he screamed like a panther in the middle of the nigh
And he saddled his pony
and he went for a ride
It was a time of the preacher
in the year of O'one
Now the preaching is over
and the lesson's begun