The first time I saw carrie brown She was so young and fair A voice like spring rain fallin' down and sunlight in her hair I'd never seen her face before so I asked all around Her daddy owns a grocery store and she lives in bristol town
Carrie darlin' carrie carrie brown I cry If I can't marry carrie brown believe I'd rather die
I laid my last ten dollars down Though I didn't need a thing Just to touch sweet carrie brown When she handed me my change I hung around till closin' time I scarce believed my eyes My darlin' walkin' arm in arm With a boy named billy wise
I walked around in bristol town a bitter broken man A heart that pined for carrie brown and a pistol in my hand We met again on state street poor billy wise and me I shot him in virginia and he died in tennessee
Now I'm down in the bristol jail and all I do is cry cause the jury found me guilty and the judge says I must die I'm just a poor young mountain boy Ain't never been to town And I've come to ruination for the love of carrie brown
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