POOR ELLEN SMITH

POOR ELLEN SMITH, HOW SHE WAS FOUND
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART,
LYING COLD ON THE GROUND
HER CLOTHES WERE ALL SCATTERED
AND THROWN O THE GROUND
AND BLOOD MARKS THE SPOT
WHERE POOR ELLEN WAS FOUND

THEY PICKED UP THEIR RIFLES
AND HUNTED ME DOWN
AND FOUND ME A LOAFING
IN MOUNT AIRY TOWN
THEY PICKED UP THE BODY
AND CARRIED IT AWAY
AND NOW SHE IS SLEEPING
IN SOME LONESOME OLD GRAVE