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[Verse 1]
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Poor Ellen Smith how she was found
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She was shot through the heart lying cold on the ground
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Her clothes were all ragged and her curls on the ground
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And the blood marked the spot where poor Ellen was found

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[Verse 2]
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They took up their rifles and they hunted me down
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And they found me a'loafin' all a-round o’er the town
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She told me she loved me and she said she'd be mine
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But she went and left me here with these troubles on my mind

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[Verse 3]
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I got a letter yesterday and I read it today
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Said the flowers on her grave they were fadin' away
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I'm going back home Lord I'll stay when I go
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And on poor Ellen's grave pretty flowers I will sow

[Verse 4]
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Poor Ellen Smith how she was found
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She was shot through the heart lying cold on the ground
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Her clothes were all ragged and her curls on the ground
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And the blood marked the spot where poor Ellen was found