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I took her up the mountain but I came down alone
Now the judge tells me tomorrow I must die
She was the only woman I never could let go
You can ask me but I couldn’t tell you why

Heard ‘bout her and that Jim Butler out behind old Johnson’s store
And after that I never was the same
They found Jim Butler lyin’ in a puddle on the floor
A splittin’ maul was buried in his brain

Folks said she was a bad girl but I loved her anyway
And every sin against me I forgave
But something deep inside my soul just snapped in half that day
And now my love is lying in her grave

The preacher asked me son have you made peace with your Lord
I said what the Hell’s He ever done for me
He tol me blasphemy won’t pay the toll that opens Heaven’s door
I told him that’s OK ‘cuz Hell let’s you in free

Way up on Pomeroy Mountain the laurel is in bloom
It’s coverin’ the hills like fallen snow
We went there for the last time that Sunday afternoon
I gave her one last kiss and I let her go

Folks said she was......

Tomorrow when they’re slippin’ that noose over my head
I’ll look out and I’ll see my mamma cry
Take me up to Pomeroy Mountain when my body’s cold and dead
And bury me right there beneath the sky

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from Killville Tales, released January 25, 2017

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Angry Johnny And The Killbillies Easthampton, Massachusetts

I get on with my days
In a permanent haze
People think it’s a phase
But my madness is growing…

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