East Virginia Blues

I was born in East Virginia
 To Carolina, I did roam
 There I met a little woman
 Her age and name I did not know
 Her age and name I did not know
 Her hair was of a dark brown color
 And her cheeks were rosy red
 On her breast she wore white linen
 Oh, the tears that I have shed
 Oh, the tears that I have shed
 I'd rather be in some dark hollow
 Where the sun don't ever shine
 Than, to be another's darling
 And know, she never will be mine
 And know, she never will be mine
 I was known as Blackie's gunman
 The best gunman in the land
 I could shoot the ace of diamonds
 With a drop from either hand
 With a drop from either hand
 With the dice I have no equal
 Some of them are with us now
 Most of them are sadly sleeping
 Beneath the weeping willow bough
 Beneath the weeping willow bough