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5.1 took her by the yellow hair And drug her down the road. I threw her in the river That runs through Boston town.
6. "Lie there, lie there, you Boston girl, With your dark and rolling eye; Lie there,"....................... |
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"The Lexington Girl." Obtained from Miss Mary Riddle, North Fork Road, Black Mountain, North Carolina, 1925.
1. My tender parents brought me up, — provided for me well.
It was in the city of Lexington, they placed me in a mill. It's there I met a pretty fair maid; on her 1 cast my eye; I promised her I'd marry her, and she believed a lie.
2. I went into her sister's house at nine o'clock at night;
But little did the creature think at her I had a spite. I asked her to walk a little way, a little way away,
And we would have a little talk and name a wedding day.
3. We walked a long, a lonesome road until we walked through a desert plain.
I drew a stake out of the fence and hit her in the face. She fell upon her bended knees; for mercy loud she cried
And said, "Oh, please don't murder me for I'm unprepared to die."
4. Little attention did I pay unto her dying prayer, but only hit her more
Until I saw the innocent blood which I could [not]1 restore; 1 ran my fingers through her coal black hair; to cover up my sin 1 took her to the river side and there I plunged her in.
5. On my returning home I met my servant, John.
He asked me why I was so pale and yet so onward worn. I snatched the candle out of his hand and went to take my rest, For I could feel the flames of hell a-burning in my breast.
6. Come, all you people old and young,
And listen to my story: It's always prove to your lover true
And never let the devil get the upper hand of you.
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