Well Raven is a wicked bird,
his wings are black as sin,
and he floats outside my prison window,
mocking those within -
And he sings to me real low
"it’s hell to where you go"...
...for you did murder Kate McCannon.
When I first met Tom McCannon I was working in the mines.
Said he had himself a dark-haired daughter with [lone?] green eyes.
Well she and I didn’t meet -
she was bathing in the creek.
Prettiest girl in the whole damn hollar -
that ain’t no lie.
So I went a courtin' Kate McCannon.
Got me a job and I quit my ramblin’.
And every day I'd save
a quarter of my pay,
So I could buy a diamond ring.
Though one day I'd come home to find
my darlin' angel’s not inside.
So I made for the creek,
where she and didn’t meet
and found her with some other lover...
...and I put 3 rounds into Kate McCannon.
Lyrics Submitted by C. Dhillon