Paroles de Hills of roane county

In the beautiful hills, in the midst of roane country
There's where i roamed for many long years
There's where my heart's been tending most ever
That's where the first step of misfortune i made

I was about thirty years when i courted and married
Amanda gilbraith i then called my wife
For some unknown reason her brother tom stabbed me
Just three months later i'd taken tom's life

For twenty five years this whole world i rambled
I went to old england to france and to spain
But i thought of my home way back in roan country
I boarded a steamer and came back again

I was captured and tried in the village of spenser
Not a man in the county would speak one kind word
When the jury came in with the verdict next morning
A lifetime in prison were the words that i heard

When the train pulled out poor mother stood weepin
And sister she sat all alone with a sigh
And the last words i heard was willie god bless you
Was willie god bless you, god bless you, good bye

In the scorching hot sand of (bamly?) i'm working
Yes working and toiling my life all away
They'll measure my grave on the bank of old (cumberland?)
Just as soon as i finish the rest of my days

No matter what happens to me in roane county
No matter how long my sentence may be
Boys when you write home from a sturdy old prison
Put one of my songs in your letter for me