Poor Ellen Smith

Jimmy Martin

Written by Harold Donnyand Jimmy Martin

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

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
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

Verse 2

They took up their rifles and they hunted me down
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And they found me a loafin' all around o’er the town
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

Verse 3

I got a letter yesterday and I read it today
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Said the flowers on her grave they were fadin' away
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

G
Poor Ellen Smith how she was found
        C                G           D7          G
She was shot through the heart lying cold on the ground
Her clothes were all ragged and her curls on the ground
        C                G               D7        G
And the blood marked the spot where poor Ellen was found