Lyrics:
I recently went to a
Big homecomin' celebration
In Cleveland County Arkansas where I was born
Whole family went down and there was
A great day for us
It was Labor Day weekend I was seventeen
I bought a Coke and some gasoline
And I drove out to the County Fair
When I saw her for the first time
It was Labor Day weekend I was seventeen
I bought a Coke and some gasoline
And I drove out to the County Fair
When I saw her for the first time
road
And in the dark the headlights shine
'Cause there's one man dead
On that Harlan County line
Oh anger, like poison
Is eating at your soul
You look cute in your battery cable jumper.
And your railroad spiked heels.
With your rearend dipped in rubber.
Like a Goodyear without wheels.
It was Labour day weekend, I was seventeen,
I bought a coke and some gasoline,
and I drove out to the county fair.
When I saw her for the first time,
Rearview crosses
Railroad ties
Oh, Hail Marys
Friday nights
Heartbeat baby
Low-beam lights
God, I miss when you were mine
Back when that
fear this holler swallow me
She ran off to Gettysburg
Went off with that new beau of hers
I snuck off after dark
It's a long way down the county road
I left my gal sad and lonely, left her standing in the rain
I went down to the railroad, I caught myself a midnight train
I beat my way into Texas,
On the banks of the river by the railroad track
And we kept chickens in a pen in the back and everybody said we was po' folks
My daddy was a farmer but all he
I am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man
And I come from County Clare
And the brits would hang me for a fenian
So I took me leave of there
And I
She was a young and pretty Coleman county farm girl
Never been more than fifty miles from home
I was just a drifter, I was living off the land
the states
And they joined up with Quantrill
And it was over in Clay county
That Frank and Jesse finally learned to kill
Keep on riding, riding, riding
the states
And they joined up with Quantrill
And it was over in Clay County
That Frank and Jesse finally learned to kill
Keep on riding, riding, riding
And alabaster hair
Said her places needs fixin'
And I told her Id be there
County Queen County Queen
Comes from the other side
Where the river runs
I am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man
And I come from County Clare
And the brits would hang me for a fenian
So I took me leave of there
And I
shack
On the banks of the river by the railroad track
We kept chickens in a pen in the back and everybody said we was po' folks
My daddy was a farmer
I left my gal sad and lonely, left her standing in the rain
I went down to the railroad, I caught myself a midnight train
I beat my way into Texas,
shack
On the banks of the river by the railroad track
We kept chickens in a pen in the back
And everybody said we was po' folks
My daddy was a farmer
Burl Ives - I Left My Gal In The Mountains
I left my gal in the mountains left her standing in the rain
Went down to the railroad caught myself
if she made it down to New Orleans.
Whenever I think about the folks back there
You know I wonder if they still have that old county fair.
get as far as New Orleans
We used to spend the summer
On a grassy river bank
And drink hot water
From a railroad filling tank
Sometimes I think
Railroad and run away
Pray for the day niggas don't get taken away
For makin' a way to stop their baby's stomach aching today
I sip a whiskey straight, no
fear this holler swollow me
She ran off to Gettysburg
Went off with that new beau of hers
I snuck off after dark
Long way down the county road
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