Annie Melton

Lay down your head, Annie, you're going home

You should have been gone long ago

You should have been gone long ago

When Tom walked back from the Civil War

There waited two women at his door

There waited two women by his door

So you killed poor Laura and buried her nigh

In a shallow grave on the mountainside

In a shallow grave on the mountainside

For love's jealous ways, Tom took the fall

And headed out for Arkansas

And headed out for Arkansas

Oh, Annie Melton, Tom's dead and gone

Hung for the sin you have done

Hung for the sin you have done

Hang your head down, Annie, hang your head and cry

Make two marks before you die

Make two marks before you die

Long have you lived, this blood on your head

Flames of hell burn 'round your bed

Flames of hell burn 'round your bed

Lay down your head, Annie, you're going home

You should have been gone long ago

You should have been gone long ago