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Annabelle 03:06
Come with me, dear Annabelle, the carnival’s in town Press my shirt, and shine my shoes, and lay my best suit down You know that I got paid today, I've got to have my fun And you will go along with me, through caravans we'll run Spinning in the distance, the ferris wheel's in sight Come ride with me dear Annabelle, before I end the night I would like another turn before I'm headed home Come ride with me dear Annabelle, so we can be alone None but our car was full, she was seated at my side And as our carriage reached the top, I threw her from the ride I ran to inspect the wreck, I forced tears from my eyes And at first glance, it must have seemed like my true love had died The startled crowd surrounded me as I tried to pretend Some tragedy's befallen this poor and broken man We cried our tears of sorrow, but they did not understand That my poor woman Annabelle had died by my own hand Come with me dear Annabelle, I've got to have my fun And you will go along with me until I say we're done.
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In my truck and headed home Little bit drunk and a little bit stoned I heard them talking on the radio ‘Bout three left dead on the men's room floor Highway 11 never seemed so dark to me To the truck stop I went for some much needed sleep My head in a spin, from a mess of forty creek I must have said something i didn't mean All I wanted was a pack of smokes Should have never gone to Etobicoke On the run, feeling low Now there's three left dead on the men's room floor Three inbred cousins with hair full of grease Drooled at their chins as they looked at me As I passed them by, they got to their feet. Followed my steps with eyes full of need Figured I knew what they had in store, Must have thought that I wasn't sure Up until I locked the door, Now there's three left dead on the men's room floor Killed them all and away I go, They should have just left me alone. Those foolish men they moved so slow Now there's three left dead on the men's room floor
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She gleamed as she spoke to me, that night in Cedar Park. She said boy you'd better keep your head, I change when it gets dark, But I ignored her every word, with the simplest of ease. I could not escape the flames that licked up at her knees. She turned into a monster, just like she said she would. Those flames burned out quickly and I fell face-down in the soot. My heart began to harden, and my eyes turned bloody red. Where I used to wish that woman well, now I wish that woman dead. chorus: If the sky should fall It's as good a night as any I'm alone at home, trying to sleep without my baby I could not tell you where she's gone But I know its not my bed And if the sky should fall I'll bring it down upon her head I'm a mean young man, Since that woman done me wrong. Now I'm alone, since she turned my soul to ice. I lay in bed and dream a million ways to end her life. This city's filled with holes and tunnels deep and lost. Where the only things that'd find you there would be darkness, dew and frost. I know that I could get away if I set my mind to work, Take her body and her soul, lay them both beneath the dirt. Then I`d drive that dim road home as though nothing here had changed Do away with her belongings, the very memory of her name. chorus
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Diana 05:02
I first laid with her on a rainy Sunday morning My heart beat like a kettle drum She was 23 and I was only 14 I could not know, for I was far too young... That our strange affair to her, was only fleeting She had a husband and three babies back at home She came to me to say that she`d be leaving I did not take it well, I have been told chorus: I loved Diana more than words She was one in a million Up until I threw her to that rushing, wide Vermillion I can`t look at it the same, since I threw that girl away Now Diana I don`t love you anymore I`m older now and I am sad and lonely I often think about the thing I done No one knows just what happened on that Sunday Or of the living hell my life`s become The image of her children haunts me daily And if they`ve grown up motherless and mean And if their father`s turned his broken heart to whiskey The only one that they should blame is me. chorus I remember how she fought that rushing water How her finger tips clawed up at the shore She cried to me as the waves crashed upon her She would see her darling family never more Now I fear for every woman I get close to That I may be an evil villain from her dreams For my sins I know the lord will cast me into Hell to suffer for eternity.
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I left home when I was young, I left a trail of blood in my wake My father, he was heavy handed, I cut his throat for my poor mothers sake Just left her lonely. Well I laid out from Onaping, I figured I was on my way to hell I Hitched a ride with a beauty queen, couldn`t keep my hands to my self She seemed lonely. I landed broke in Mattawa, with nothing but my knife and bloodied hands I held a cup on Poplar street, I was so hungry I could hardly stand And I was lonely. I went to rob a liquor store, hand outstretched, white knuckled on the blade He gave me nearly everything, but I killed that old attendant anyway. You see sir that was my story, for 30 years I`ve locked myself away These prison walls I cut from the pine trees, I learned to keep my evil safe at bay but I`ve been lonely. Its a shame son that you`ve come to find me, but then again I`ve waited all this time So go on sir, drink up your coffee, empty up your cup and spend the night you won`t be lonely.
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Handsome Man 02:30
It broke out at the legion and the whole town, they were there The women started screaming but the fighters didn`t care Two men staggered out into the rat infested street Glaring at each other through the heat. The first one was so handsome every woman knew his name All dressed in fine attire, nothing on that man was plain And the second one so ugly, but a deadness in his eye Said he would kill that handsome man if he did strike. chorus: When the devil comes to life here in the street You better take cover when they open up and stack bodies at their feet If you can brave the storm, coming straight for this here town Then turn your head and lay your money down. Yeah well, the handsome man, he quivered as they stood there face to face The town folk all felt sorry, no one dared to take his place Well the ugly one had killed before and had bounties on his head And we knew that handsome man would soon be dead. Well the pretty boy he drew his gun, his opponent did the same But his handsome face turned ugly as that bullet pierced his brain In the crowd we held our breath as he fell onto the floor That handsome man wasn`t very handsome anymore. chorus
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Cadillac 02:56
Well, me and Lloyd Green went out that night Gonna get drunk in the evening time In the morning I leave for the oil sands Its two weeks on then I'm back again She was turning tricks down on Kathleen I was hoping she could send me off with weakened knees But she got in the car, pulled out a gun I blew her away with my .221 chorus: Now theres a body in the back of my cadillac I’m drinking hard liquor and driving fast I'm headed to the dump to the west of town To lay that woman down Well I ain’t seen Lloyd Green around Since we were knee deep in that frozen ground It's another day lost and another day gone And another day living underground Heard that Lloyd's been talking through a mutual friend Running his mouth ‘bout how he's feeling regret Well Lloyd you know I can't have that Let you go once now I'm coming back. I’ve still got that .221 It ain't seen much use still it's a hell of a gun Think I'll pick up the phone Dial out a call And see if Lloyd green remembers at all About that body in the back of my cadillac I’m drinking hard liquor and driving fast I'm sorry Lloyd I know we were friends Can't let you talk again About that body in the back of my cadillac.
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I grabbed that woman and I tied her to an armchair I tied her to an armchair on that cold December night My heart filled with pain, for we bought that chair together With my finger on the trigger i pulled hard with all my might That shot it jerked my hand, so I could not hit her squarely No, I did not hit her squarely on that cold December night I stayed there for a while, and I watched as she lay bleeding Threw that gun into the garden and ran off in such a fright The sheriff told me later, that they found me by the river They found me by the river on that cold December night That she didn't live much longer, she died an hour later Not before she called her mother just to tell her what I done That woman never liked me, so I can see how you boys found me I can see how you boys found me here on this cold December night But I won't tell you that I'm sorry, for murdering her daughter For that girl was supposed to love me but she cheated and she lied I lay here waiting, every hour in this prison Every hour in this prison's like a cold December night Well I lay here waiting till I can finally meet my maker He'll come down here and drag me up and end my darkened life They'll lay me on the table, they'll strap me in securely They'll strap me in securely on a cold December night They'll lay that blindfold over me, they'll shove that needle in me I guess thats the price I pay for killing my dear wife On that cold December night
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Caleb Meyer 02:23
Caleb Meyer, he lived alone In them hollarin' pines Made a little whiskey for himself Said it helped pass the time Long one evening in back of my house Caleb come around Called my name 'til I went out With no one else around Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna Wear them rattlin' chains But when I go to sleep at night Don't you call my name Where's your husband, Nellie Kane Where's your darling gone? Did he go down off the mountain side and leave you all alone? Yes, my husband's gone to Bowling Green to do some business there Then he threw that bottle down and grabbed me by my hair Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains but when I go to sleep at night Don't you call my name He threw me on the needle bed across my breast he lay then he pinned my hands behind my head and I commenced to pray I cried my God, I am your child send your angels down Then feelin' with my fingertips the bottle neck I found I drew that glass across his neck as fine as any blade and I felt the blood pour fast hot and fast around me where I lay Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains But when I go to sleep at night Don't you call my name Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains But when I go to sleep at night Don't you call my name
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chorus: Oh dear, how could this happen Killed three men in a Buffalo tavern Left them lying on the floor High-tailed it across the border The fight broke out, it was half past ten I pulled up to the front and went walking in He was standing at the bar with one of his friends And Jimmy his cousin was his closet kin I came through the door and they were staring at me I could see from their faces they were less than happy I got a little closer, I started laughing Got up to by a drink, that's when they attacked me chorus I took the first by his head and I caved it in Dragged a shard of glass underneath his chin Jimmy was standing drinking “vodka 7’s” Killing his cousin didn't hardly effect him The second man swung and he swung wide I put his own blade right between his eyes His body went limp and to my surprise Jimmy just stood there as cold as ice chorus Jimmy got up and he raised his hand He said you've done well but I'm a tougher man The room fell silent and they stopped the band The crowd thinned out, that's when it began The “vodka 7” soared through the air I ducked, it missed and he raised his chair I shouldnt've suspected the fight to be fair It happened so fast I could not prepare I felt that chair crashing over me Blood in my eyes I could hardly see I kicked Jimmy right in the knee And Jimmy fell down hard off his feet I started bashing him in the head With the front door stop that was made of lead His head split open and boy he bled After the first five blows I knew he was dead chorus When I got back to Parry Sound Six a.m. no one around Careful not to make a sound My wife was sleeping in her evening gown I crawled over and said baby wake up I need a little comfort my night was tough She said boy do you look rough Held me tight and we made love
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Down in the willow garden Where me and my love did meet As we sat there a-courtin' My love did fall asleep I had a bottle of Burgundy wine My love did not know I poisoned that dear little girl On the banks of the river below I slipped a sabre through her It was a bloody knife I threw her into that river It was an awful sight My father often told me That money would set me free If I could murder that dear little girl Whose name was Rose Connelly My father sits at his kitchen door Wiping tears from his eyes For his only son soon shall walk To yonder scaffold high My race is run, beneath the sun The scaffold waits for me For I did murder that dear little girl Whose name was Rose Connelly
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Well I went down for to take a walk, I ran into that Wild Bill Jones He was walkin' and a'talkin' by my sweet lover's side And I bid him to leave her alone He said my son I am 22 much too old to be controlled I pulled my pistol from my side And I destroyed that poor boy's soul He reeled and he staggered and he fell to the ground Gave one last dying moan He wrapped his arms 'round my little girl's neck, Sayin' "Honey won't you take me home?" So pass around that old long-neck bottle And we'll go out on a spree Today was the last of that Wild Bill Jones Tomorrow will be the last of me
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I must admit that I was made a fool By a long legged blonde-headed beauty I loved that girl with a fire across my chest Just as warm as the prevailing winds from the west I lost my baby on that fateful day When the winds changed direction they blew her away Now I'm alone And the cold northeast winds blow Just as quiet as she could and with such slight of hand She dressed in the night and ran off to see that man I went down the road following her feet Through the snow to his dirty old trailer down the street I could smell her perfume from the moment I pulled up Heard my daddy's voice replaying “boy you'd better lock her up” Now I know Why the cold northeast winds blow She thought she could slip away softly She thought that I was a foolish man He thought he could steal that woman off me But the winds changed again I stepped from my truck and I came face to face With a run-down sorry excuse for a place Windows were covered with cheap plastic sheets To the front door I waded through snow up to my knees I found my baby on that fateful day When I walked into that trailer and I blew them both away And I went home And the cold northeast winds blow
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Murder Murder Greater Sudbury, Ontario

Northern Ontario’s Murder Murder are a full string band with suitcase percussion who create a unique blend of bluegrass and outlaw country. Their virtuosic musicianship and evocative songwriting are backed by a wealth of original and traditional murder ballads. ... more

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