It was back in '32 when times were hard
He had a Colt .45 and a deck of cards
Stagger Lee
He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hat
Had a '28 Ford, had payments on that
Stagger Lee
His woman threw him out in the ice and snow
And told him, "Never ever come back no more"
Stagger Lee
So he walked through the rain, and he walked through the mud
Till he came to a place called The Bucket Of Blood
Stagger Lee
He said "Mr Motherfucker, you know who I am?"
The barkeeper said, "No, and I don't give a good goddamn"
To Stagger Lee
He said, "Well, bartender, it's plain to see
I'm that bad motherfucker called Stagger Lee"
Mr Stagger Lee
Barkeep said, "Yeah, I've heard your name down the way
And I kick motherfucking asses like you every day"
Mr Stagger Lee
Well, those were the last words that the barkeep said
'Cause Stag put four holes in his motherfucking head
Just then in came a broad called Nellie Brown
Was known to make more money than any bitch in town
She struts across the bar, hitching up her skirt
Over to Stagger Lee, she starts to flirt
With Stagger Lee
She saw the barkeep, said, "Oh God, he can't be dead!"
Stag said, "Well, just count the holes in the motherfucker's head"
She said, "You ain't look like you scored in quite a time
Why not come to my pad? It won't cost you a dime"
Mr Stagger Lee
"But there's something I have to say before you begin
You'll have to be gone before my man Billy Dilly comes in
Mr Stagger Lee"
"I'll stay here till Billy comes in, till time comes to pass
And furthermore I'll fuck Billy in his motherfucking ass"
Said Stagger Lee
"I'm a bad motherfucker, don't you know?
And I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get one fat boy's asshole "
Said Stagger Lee
Just then Billy Dilly rolls in and he says, "You must be
That bad motherfucker called Stagger Lee"
Stagger Lee
"Yeah, I'm Stagger Lee, and you better get down on your knees
And suck my dick because if you don't, you're gonna be dead "
Said Stagger Lee
Billy dropped down and slobbered on his head
And Stag filled him full of lead
Oh yeah
And stay all night with me
You won't find a girl in this damn world
Am
That will compare with me
G
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
C
La la la la la
Am
La la la la lee
Dm
Am
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
I can't get down and I won't get down
And stay all night with thee
For the girl I have in that merry green land
I love far better than thee
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
She leaned herself against a fence
Just for a kiss or two
And with a little penknife held in her hand
She plugged him through and through
And the wind did roar and the wind did moan
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Come take him by his lily-white hands
Come take him by his feet
And throw him in this deep deep well
Which is more than one hundred feet
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee
Till the flesh drops from your bones
For the girl you have in that merry green land
Can wait forever for you to come home
And the wind did howl and the wind did moan
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Where The Wild Roses Grow
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III
Em
Am
Em
They call me the wild rose
G
B
But my name was Eliza Day
Em
Am
Em
Why they call me that I do not know
Em
D
Em
For my name was Eliza Day
Em
G
From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
Am
B
She stared in my eyes and smiled
Em
G
Her lips were the colour of the roses
Am
B
That grew down the river, All bloody and wild
Em
G
When he knocked on my door, And entered the room
Am
B
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
Em
G
He would be my first man, And with a careful hand
Am
B
B
He wiped up the tears, That ran down my face
They call me the wild rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me that I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day
On the second day, I brought her a flower
She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I said do you know, where the wild roses grow
So sweet and scarlet and free
On the second day he came, with a single red rose
He said, give me your loss and your sorrow
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
If I show you the roses will you follow alone
They call me the wild rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me that I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day
On the third day he took me to the river
He showed me the roses, and we kissed
And the last thing I heard, was a muttered word
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
On the last day I took her, where the wild roses grow
As she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
And I kissed her goodbye, said All beauty must die
And I leant down and planted a rose 'tween her teeth
They call me the wild rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me that I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day
My name was Eliza Day
For my name was Eliza Day
The Kindness Of Strangers
C
Am
They found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bed
Dm
G
With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head
F
G
C
G
Oh poor Mary Bellows
She'd grown up hungry, she'd grown up poor
She left her home in Arkansas
Oh poor Mary Bellows
She wanted to see the deep blue sea
She travelled across Tennessee
Oh poor Mary Bellows
She met a man along the way
He introduced himself as Richard Slade
Oh poor Mary Bellows
Poor Mary thought that she might die
When she saw the ocean for the first time
Oh poor Mary Bellows
She checked into a cheap little place
Richard Slade carried in her old suitcase
Oh poor Mary Bellows
I'm a good girl, sir, she said to him
I couldn't possibly permit you in
Oh poor Mary Bellows
Slade tipped his hat and winked his eye
And turned away without goodbye
Oh poor Mary Bellows
She sat on her bed and thought of home
With the sea breeze whistling all alone
Oh poor Mary Bellows
In hope and loneliness she crossed the floor
And undid the latch on the front door
Oh poor Mary Bellows
They found her the next day cuffed to the bed
A rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head
Oh poor Mary Bellows
C
Am
So mothers keep your girls at home
Dm
G
Don't let them journey all alone
C
Am
Tell them this world is full of danger
Dm
G
And to shun the company of strangers
F
G
C
G
Oh poor Mary Bellows
F
G
C
G
Oh poor Mary Bellows
The Curse Of Millhaven
Am
I live in a town called Millhaven
Dm
And it's small and it's mean and it's cold
But if you come around just as the sun goes down
Am
You can watch the whole town turn to gold
G
It's around about then that I used to go a roaming
C
Am
Singing La la la la, La la la lie
Dm
Am
All God's children they all gotta die
Crow Jane
Crow Jane, Crow Jane
Crow Jane, Crow Jane
Crow Jane, ah-ha-ha
Well, horrors in her head
That her tongue dare not name
Lived all alone by the river
The rolling rivers of pain
Crow Jane, Crow Jane
Crow Jane, ah-ha-ha
There is one shining eye on a hard-hat
The company closed down the mine
Winking on the waters they came
With twenty hard-hats, twenty eyes
In her clapboard shack, man
Only six foot by five
Well, they killed all her whiskey
Poured their pistols dry
Crow Jane, Crow Jane
Crow Jane, ah-ha-ha
Seems you've remembered
How to sleep, how to sleep
The house dogs are in your turnips
And your yard dogs are running all over the streets
Crow Jane, Crow Jane
Crow Jane, ah-ha-ha
Oh, Mr Smith and Mr Wesson
Why you close up shop so late?
We just fitted out a girl who looked like a bird
Measured .32 .44 .38
I asked that girl which road she was taking
She said she's walking the road of hate
But she hopped on a coal trolley up to the new town
Population 48
Crow Jane, Crow Jane
Crow Jane, ah-ha-ha
Your guns are drunk and smoking
They've followed you right back to your gate
Laughing all the way back from the new town
Population now 28
Crow Jane, Crow Jane
Crow Jane, ah-ha-ha
Ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha
Ah-ha-ha, ah-ha-ha
Ah-ha-ha
