Black Rose

Way down in Virginia
 Amongst the tall grown sugar canes
 Lived a simple man and a dominiker hen
 And a rose of a different name.
 Well, the first time I felt lightning
 I was standing in the drizzling rain
 With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin
 And a rose of a different name.
 Well, the devil made me do it the first time
 The second time I done it on my own
 Lord, put a handle on a simple headed man
 And help me leave that black rose alone.
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 When the devil made that woman
 Lord, she threw the pattern away
 She was built for speed with the tools you need
 To make a new fool every day.
 Way down deep and dirty
 On the darker side of shame
 I caught a cane cuttin' man with a bottle of gin
 With a rose of a different name.
 The devil made me do it the first time
 The second time I done it on my own
 Lord, put a handle on a simple headed man
 Help me leave that black rose alone.
 The devil made me do it the first time
 The second time I done it on my own
 Lord, put a handle on a simple headed man
 Help me leave that black rose alone...