Poor Ellen Smith-Erik Darling

[ti:Poor Ellen Smith] [ar:Irene And Ellen Kossoy/Erik Darling] [al:Sing Out! Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Poor Ellen Smith - Irene And Ellen Kossoy/Erik Darling [00:06.33]Written by：RR/Traditional [00:12.66]Poor Ellen Smith how was she found [00:16.35]Shot through the heart lying cold on the ground [00:20.03] [00:21.11]Her body was mangled and all cast around [00:25.11]And blood marks the spot where poor Ellen was found [00:28.89] [00:29.89]They picked up her body and carried it away [00:33.80]And now she's a sleepin' in some lonesome ol' grave [00:38.56] [00:47.70]Who had the heart and who had the brain [00:51.18]To shoot my little darling on this cold lonesome plain [00:55.05] [00:56.14]They picked up their rifles and hunted us down [00:59.97]They found us a loafin' all around town [01:03.84] [01:04.88]The jury my convict me and God knows they can [01:08.73]But I know I died as an innocent man [01:12.71] [01:22.12]I've been in this prison for seven long years [01:25.97]Each night I see Ellen through my bitter tears [01:30.87]I got a letter yesterday I read it today [01:34.69]The flowers on her grave have all faded away [01:38.96] [01:39.59]The warden has told me that soon I'll be free [01:43.36]To go to her grave 'neath that old holler tree [01:48.00] [01:56.81]I go to her grave and I say whean I go [02:00.57]My pretty Ellen graves their and smile her through [02:04.73] [02:05.35]I'm free from the walls of this prison at last [02:09.31]But I'll never be free of my sins of the past [02:13.63] [02:14.38]Poor Ellen Smith how was she found [02:18.05]Shot through the heart lying cold on the ground