Ellen Smith chords by The Country Gentlemen

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Poor Ellen Smith
how was she found
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Shot through the heart lying
cold on the ground
Her clothers were all scattered
and thrown on the ground
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And blood marks the spot where poor
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Ellen was found
They picked up their rifles
and hunted me down
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And found me a loafing
all around town
They picked up the body
and carried it away
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And now she is sleeping in some lone
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some old grave
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I got a letter yesterday
and I read it today
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The flowers on her grave have
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all faded away
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Some day I'll go home
and say when I go
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On poor Ellen's grave pretty flowers
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I'll sow
I've been in this prison
for twenty long years
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Each night I see El len through my
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bitter tears
The warden just told me
that soon I'll be free
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To go to her grave near that
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old willow tree
My days in this prison
are ending at last
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I'll never be free from
the sins of my past
Poor Ellen Smith how was she found
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Shot through the heart
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lying cold on the ground