Jeffrey's Hell

Huntins' awful hard
 if you ain't got a dog
 Jeffrey's was the best
 I've heard tale
 One night out chasin coons
 under a full moon
 he lost him up the holler
 by the trail
 Jeffrey told his wife
 Honey please don't cry
 you know I know these woods like no one can
 I'll find that dog tonight or go to hell trying
 but she never held him in her arms again
 See that lamp burning bright
 he's there another night
 listen close and you can here him yell
 keep your lamp turned low
 there's not much more to go
 as they walk another night in Jeffrey's Hell
 Jeffrey and his boy
 set off of the woods
 where the only trail they had was one they'd made
 and in the laurel and the pines
 there ain't never been a sign
 of them or the dog that caused their fate
 Now a hundred years have past
 since Jeffrey lost his dog
 I've never seen him there
 but I've heard tale
 If you're out chasin' coons
 under a full moon
 You'll see that coal oil lamp and hear him well
 See that lamp burning bright
 he's there another night
 listen close and you can here him yell
 keep your lamp turned low
 there's not much more to go
 as they walk another night in Jeffrey's Hell
 See that lamp burning bright
 he's there another night
 listen close and you can here him yell
 keep your lamp turned low
 there's not much more to go
 as they walk another night in Jeffrey's Hell