Kate McCannon

The raven is a wicked bird, his wings are black as sin And he floats outside my prison window, mocking those within And he sings to me real low, "It's Hell to where you go For you did murder Kate McCannon" When I first met Tom McCannon, I was working in the mines Said he had himself a dark-haired daughter with long, green eyes And when she and I did meet, she was bathing in the creek Prettiest girl in the whole damn holler, that ain't no lie So I went a-courtin' Kate McCannon Got me a job and I quit my ramblin' And every day I'd save a quarter of my pay So I could buy a diamond ring Lord, and one day I come home to find My darlin' angel's not inside So I made for the creek where she and I did meet And found her with some other lover And I put three rounds into Kate McCannon