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I met my darling Nancy when she was seventeen
saw her when she was dancing, sent a shiver right through me
we lived down by the river, about twenty miles from town
we worked hard for our dollars, build a home and settled down
I fell asleep in the loving arms of the one who’s dear to me

I dreamed I crossed the prairies, unbridled and free
I saw a scene of violence rising up in front of me
I recognized my darling, saw a stranger strike her down
terrified by omens, I went screaming twisted around
I woke up in the loving arms of the one who’s dear to me

That morning we went riding for a wander through the snow
I was fractured by the visage of a man I did not know
I knew that in that moment, with a clarity of mind
I recognized that stranger from my wanderings through the night
The stranger, he looked up at me, I saw the devil in his eyes

I came back to the township with a pistol in my hand
I broke into the barroom and I set upon that man
my eyes shone with destruction, I was screaming out your name
I knocked him to the floorboards and I took a lethal aim
I stood up tall, I raised my gun, I was screaming out your name

They dragged me from the barroom, and they hung me from a tree
I saw my darling Nancy standing right in front of me
her eyes, they shone with sorrow, she was screaming out my name
and as my soul departed, I was smiling just the same
My darling, I had saved her from a wicked death foretold

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from Tyler Butler and his Handsome Friends, released October 28, 2015

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