Bill and I were never seen one without the
other,
And between us was a love as strong as a man
has for his brother.
When we fell in love with Lucy Ann, Bill and I
were parted,
For I was the winner of her heart, and that's
when the trouble started.
Chorus:
Go dig me a hole in the cold, cold ground.
Dig me one and then another.
For today I bury Lucy Ann, tomorrow they hang
my brother.
I married my sweet Lucy Ann, built a cabin on
the hill.
We were waiting on a little one, and would name
after Bill.
But last night when I came home from town, Lucy
Ann was dying,
A knife buried in her breast, in a pool of
blood she was lying.
(Chorus)
She told me who did this awful thing, and it
chilled me through and through,
My one and only brother was the only Bill I
knew.
Bill swore that he would get revenge, but fate
can be so grim,
He didn't know that Lucy Ann was leaving me for
him.
(Chorus)
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