Carrie Brown

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[Verse 1]

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The first time I saw Carrie Brown
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She was so young and fair
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A voice like spring rain fallin' 
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down and sunlight in her hair
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I'd never seen her face before so I
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 asked all around
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Her daddy owns a grocery store and 
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she lives in Bristol town


[Chorus]


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Carrie darlin' Carrie Carrie Brown
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 I cry
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If I can't marry Carrie Brown 
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believe I'd rather die


[Verse 2]


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I laid my last ten dollars down
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Though I didn't need a thing
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Just to touch sweet Carrie Brown
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When she handed me my change
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I hung around 'till closin' time I 
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scarce believed my eyes
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My darlin' walkin' arm in arm
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With a boy named Billy Wise


[Chorus]


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Carrie darling Carrie , Carrie 
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Brown I cry
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If I can't marry Carrie Brown,I 
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believe I'd rather die


[Verse 3]


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I walked around in Bristol town a 
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bitter broken man
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A heart that pined for Carrie Brown
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 and a pistol in my hand
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We met again on State Street poor 
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Billy Wise and me
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I shot him in Virginia and he died
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 in Tennessee


[Chorus]


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Carrie Darling Carrie , Carrie 
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Brown I cry
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If I can't marry Carrie Brown , I 
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believe I'd rather die


[Verse 4]


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Now I'm down in the Bristol jail 
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and all I do is cry
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'Cause the jury found me guilty and
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 the judge says I must die
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I'm just a poor young mountain boy
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Ain't never been to town
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And I've come to ruination for the
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 love of Carrie Brown


[Chorus]


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Carrie darling Carrie, Carrie 
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Brown I cry
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If I can't marry Carrie Brown, I 
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believe I'd rather die