and Ralph E. Roberts for
Mary Celestia Parler
Transcribed by Frances Majors
Collected by James Ward Lee Sung by Lizzie Maguire
Fayetteville, Arkansas
August 8, 1958
Reel 243, Item 9
Ye sons of Columbie, your attention I do crave,
While a dutiful story I do tell,
Which has happened here of late,
Down in Indiana state,
Of a hero but few can excel.
Refrain:
Which has happened here of late,
Down in Indiana state,
Of a hero but few can excel.
Samson he courted the youngest of the fair,
Intending to make her his bride,
But like the lily fair,
His heart she did snare,
Oh she caused him his honor and his life.
Refrain:
But like the lily fair, etc.
A golden ring he gave her, a token of true love,
Oh this jewel was the image of a dove,
They mutually agreed
To get married with speed
And was promised by the powers above.
Refrain:
They mutually agreed, etc.
This fickle-minded maiden then agreed
To wed with young Warren in his place,
Oh she made a fatal blow
That caused his overthrow,
And added to her shame and disgrace.
Refrain:
Oh she made a fatal, etc.
Sung by Lizzie Maguire (Cont'd)
Reel 243, Item 9 (Cont'd)
It put her in a rage with love and angry, too,
Which caused many a poor heart to weep.
Yet one fatal shock killed
Warren on the spot,
Then smiling,says, "I'm ready now to die."
Refrain:
Yet one fatal shock, etc.
Young Fuller was arrested by the honor of a court,
By a large . . . in Davenport to die,
To die that shameful death
Was to hang above the earth,
Like Hamon on his gallows so high.
Refrain:
To die that shameful death, etc.
So bravely he bid them all adieu,
So bravely he did stand,
For he was a handsome man,
And on his breast he wore a ribbon of blue.
Refrain:
So bravely he did stand, etc.
