Crow Jane

Crow Jane, Crow Jane, Crow Jane
 Don't you hold your head high
 Someday, baby, you know
 You got to die
 You got to lay down an —
 You got to die, you got to —
 You know, I wanna buy me a pistol
 Wants me forty rounds of ball
 Shoot Crow Jane, just to see her fall
 She got to fall, she got to —
 She got to fall, she got to—
 That's the reason I begged, Crow Jane
 Not to hold her head, so high
 Someday, baby, you know
 You got to die
 You got to lay down an —
 When I dug her grave
 With a silver spade
 Ain't nobody gon' take
 My Crow Jane place
 You can't take her place
 No, you can't take her —
 That's the reason I begged, Crow Jane
 Not to hold her head, too high
 Someday, baby, you know
 You got to die
 You got to lay down an —
 You know, I let her down
 With a golden chain
 An ev'ry link
 I would call my, Crow Jane name
 Crow Jane, Crow —
 Crow Jane, Crow —
 You know I never missed my water
 'Til my well went dry
 Didn't miss Crow Jane
 Until the day she died
 'Til the day-ay-ay-ay she —
 That's the reason I begged, Crow Jane
 Not to hold her head, too high
 Someday, baby, you know you got to die
 You got to lay down and —
 You got to die, you got to —
 You know, I dug her grave
 Eight feet in the ground
 Didn't feel sorry
 Until they let her down
 They had to let her down
 Had-a —
 They had to let her down
 That's the reason I begged, Crow Jane
 Not to hold her head, too high
 Someday, baby, you know you got to die
 You got to lay down and —