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Ellie Mae

from Heartsongs by Hunter & Suzy Owens

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lyrics

Ellie Mae
H&S Owens

I came down from the mountain on one summer’s day
Headin’ for the cabin of my sweet Ellie Mae
The flowers were sweetly bloomin’ all along the trail
Nothin’ now could stop me, not wind, nor rain, nor hail

Deep down in my pocket I carried a golden band
For my Ellie Mae to wear upon her slender hand
She didn’t know I was comin’, it would be a big surprise
I could hardly wait to see the look within her eyes

As I approached her cabin, I heard a noise inside
I knocked upon the door and I opened it up wide
In the arms of a stranger, upon the bed she lay
Right then I knew I’d lost the love of my sweet Ellie Mae

A knife lay on the table, plain for all to see
I picked it up and held it high, she cried, “Don’t murder me!”
I headed for the stranger and stabbed him in the heart
Then I turned to Ellie Mae and I tore her right apart

Then a deathly silence upon the cabin fell
I sat there without moving, for how long I could not tell
When I came to my senses, I began to cry
“What is this deed that I have done and why, oh why, oh why?”

I soon became aware that my choices now were few
I made my decision, I knew what I would do
I threw their bodies in the river and watched them both float down
Then I turned my face away and headed into town

I knocked upon the jailhouse door and the sheriff let me in
I said, “I’ve come to you, kind sir, to confess my only sin.
Murder in the first degree, I’ve committed just today.
I took the life of a stranger and my sweet Ellie Mae.”

As I lie here in my jailhouse cell, my future now is clear
Only one more day and then they’ll take me out of here
And when they swing me by the neck from that ol’ hangin’ tree
I’ll be with my sweet Ellie Mae for all eternity…

credits

from Heartsongs, released October 1, 2010
Hunter Owens: guitar and lead vocals
Suzy Owens: double bass and harmony vocals
Nigel Lever: mandolin and harmony vocals
Dave Hellens: banjo
Kat Mear: fiddle
Gary Brown: dobro

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Hunter & Suzy Owens Sydney, Australia

Original songs inspired by American roots music, filtered by an Australian perspective: retro-country, old-time/bluegrass, honkytonk, hillbilly swing, all filled with sweet harmonies and fine pickin'!

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