[Verse 1] Miss Charlotte Taylor was my wife I vowed to love her all my life My lovin heart adored her so But my jealous mind just had to know [Verse 2] She was the prettiest girl around With hair of gold and eyes of brown I swore Id marry her someday No matter how, Id find a way [Chorus] Id soon be buried on a mountainside If I cant have Miss Charlotte for my bride [Verse 3] I won her heart one summer bright We ran away in the pale moonlight In Birmingham, she took my name And so began her little game [Verse 4] I built a home on fertile land I plowed these roads with my bare hands And while I labored night and day Miss Charlotte threw our love away [Verse 5] I rode to town one August day And what I saw was hard to say There stood sheriff Sam McBride And I saw Miss Charlotte by his side [Verse 6] I grabbed my gun in a jealous rage I buried them in a shallow grave Now in a cell for dawn I wait On the gallows high, Ill meet my fate [Chorus] Id soon be buried on a mountainside If I cant have Miss Charlotte for my bride Id soon be buried on a mountainside If I cant have Miss Charlotte for my bride
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