Railroad Boy

from In The Dark by Courtney Robb

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She went upstairs to make her bed
Not a word to her mother she said
Her mother she went upstairs too
Said daughter dear what's troubling you

Ma oh ma I cannot tell,
that railroad boy I loved so well
He courted me my life away
And now at home he will not stay

There's a place in yonder town where that boy goes and sits on down
He takes a strange girl on his knee, and tells her things he won't tell me

Father he came in from work
Said where's my daughter she looked so hurt
He went upstairs to give her hope
And found her body hanging from a rope

He took his knife and cut her down
And in her bosom these words he found...

Dig my grave both wide and deep
Put a marble stone at my head and feet
And on my breast a snow white dove
To show the world I died of love

I wish, I wish, I wish in vain, I wish I was a maid again
A maid again I'll never be, 'til apples grow on a cherry tree

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from In The Dark, released July 1, 2014

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Courtney Robb Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide singer/songwriter Courtney Robb wants you to feel what she feels as she moves between the lines of country-infused folk and blues. Robb’s charged delivery demands something of her listener as the imperfections and fragility of her stories reveal themselves. ... more

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