Blood On The Bluegrass

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Way down south in a Kentuck' town

Where all of the stubble fields grow
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One boy did rise with the devil in his eyes

Whose heart was dark as Westfield coal
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Heart was dark as Westfield coal

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Roderick Ferrell and the Wendorf girl

Knelt down upon a darkened grave
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He drew his dagger down and the red ran to the ground

And they licked along the bloody blade
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Licked along the bloody blade

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Blood-red blood on the blue, blue grass

It cries from hallowed hunting ground
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'Twas the midnight curse of that bloody black patch

That took another poor boy down
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Took another poor boy down

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Ridin' in the night down to F-L-A
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To bid her folks a foul farewell
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With his claw hammer high he drew their spirits nigh

And danced amidst the crimson spray
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Danced amidst the crimson spray

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Blood-red blood on the blue, blue grass

It cries from hallowed hunting ground
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'Twas the midnight curse of that bloody black patch

That took another poor boy down
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Took another poor boy down

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Take heed all ye motherless children so lost

Dwell not in the caves of your mind
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Roderick Ferrell's trail of sin did lead him his to his end

But bloody fields blossom blue in time
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Bloody fields blossom blue in time

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Blood-red blood on the blue, blue grass

It cries from hallowed hunting ground
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'Twas the midnight curse of that bloody black patch

That took another poor boy down
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Took another poor boy down

Yes, it took another poor boy down