Poor Ellen Smith

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Poor Ellen Smith, how was she found?
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Shot through the heart, lyin' 
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dead on the ground
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Her body was mangled and all cast 
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around
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An 'X' marks the spot where poor 
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Ellen was found

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They picked up her body, carried it 
away
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And now she's a-sleepin' in some 
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lonesome old grave
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Who had the heart and who had the 
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brain
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To shoot my little Ellen on that 
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cold lonesome plain?

[Chorus]
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Poor Ellen Smith, how was she found?
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Shot through the heart, lyin' 
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dead on the ground
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Her body was mangled and all cast 
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around
    A            E               
An 'X' marks the spot where poor 
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Ellen was found

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They picked up their rifles and 
hunted us down
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They found us a-loafing all 'round
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 town
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The judge may convict me and god 
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knows he can
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But I know I died as an innocent man

[Chorus]
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Poor Ellen Smith, how was she found?
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Shot through the heart, lyin' 
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dead on the ground
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Her body was mangled and all cast 
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around
    A            E               
An 'X' marks the spot where poor 
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Ellen was found

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The warden has told me that soon 
I'll be free
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To go to her grave near that old 
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willow tree
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I'm free from the walls of that 
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prison at last
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But I'll never be free from my 
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sins from the past

[Chorus]
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Poor Ellen Smith, how was she found?
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Shot through the heart, lyin' 
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dead on the ground
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Her body was mangled and all cast 
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around
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An 'X' marks the spot where poor 
B         E
Ellen was found
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I say, 'X' marks the spot where 
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poor Ellen was found