The Ballad Of Nora Lee

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[Verse 1]
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Once upon a time there lived a lady young and fair
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Raven hair and rosy cheeks and no one to compare
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Daughter of a noble man in a little town
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And her name was Nora Lee, and it was spoken all around

[Verse 2]

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It's told that she was courted by two men of different kin
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One of them a shoemaker that made boots of lizard skin
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The other was the sheriff in this little town
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And he swore he'd marry her or else he'd put her in the ground

[Verse 3]

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One night the moon was brightly shining in the sky
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She went to see the shoemaker and with him she did lie
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"You are my own true love" she whispered soft and low
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But they'd been spied upon that night, and soon the sheriff he would know

[Solo]

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[Verse 4]

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Then came a cold and dark night and the wind was blowin' free
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The sheriff and his men they tied poor Nora to a tree
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Full of wickedness they stole her maidenhead
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Then they stabbed her with a knife 'till they were sure she was dead

[Verse 5]

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Her body it was found the next day on the banks below
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The news was heard and many hearts were filled with grief and woe
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"The guilty one will soon be hung" the sheriff he did claim
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And he called upon his men, the shoemaker to blame

[Verse 6]

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The scaffold it was built and all the people gathered round
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Just to watch that poor boy taken to his hangin' ground
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The rope was tied around his neck for everyone to see
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And as the hangman pulled the rope, then he would meet his Nora Lee

[Outro]

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