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Poor Ellen Smith / Chinquapin Pie

from I fell with vehemence a​-​thinkin' by Anna Lisberg & Brian Flanagan

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These lyrics are attributed to Peter DeGraff, who was convicted of the 1894 murder of the eponymous Ms Smith and hanged for the crime. There's a very good chance he did not write these words. The melody comes from the hymn 'How firm a foundation'.

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It's poor Ellen Smith
And it's how she was found:
She was shot through the heart
Lying cold on the ground

I brushed back my tears
When the people all said
Peter DeGraff
You have shot Ellen dead

No, I would have loved her
I'd have made her my wife
No, I loved her too dearly
To take her sweet life

They grabbed their Winchesters
They hunted me down
But I was away
In ol' Mount Airy town

They carried me to Winston
My trial there to stand
To live or to die
As the law may command

MacArthur will hang me
He will if he can
And I know if he hangs me
I'll die an innocent man

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from I fell with vehemence a​-​thinkin', released June 22, 2015

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Anna Lisberg & Brian Flanagan Dublin, Ireland

Old-time music from Dublin, Ireland. Proper sawing and plunking.

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