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Jennie Blythe (wire recorder version)

from The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925​-​1930) by Li'l Andy

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lyrics

My brother and I took an evening walk
By the banks where the Hiwassee flows;
Where the water rolls over the rounded rocks
And the wild trout lily grows.
He said, “My dear brother, forsake me not—
Redemption for me is too late.
Not even the blood on the Saviour’s hands
Can save me from my fate!”

He said, “I must tell of my sweetheart—
Her name is Jennie Blythe.
The prettiest girl in all Hayesville town
She said she’d one day be my bride.
I rode on the train to Hayesville Point
To ask for my sweet Jennie’s hand.
There at the depot stood Jennie dear
A-kissin’ another man.

(instrumental)

That night as we walked o’er the ‘Wasee bridge,
We kissed in the soft moonlight.
She cried, ‘Oh Willie, scorn me not:
Make me an honest wife.’
I choked her with my trembling hands;
My sweet Jennie fought for her breath.
Then I threw her into the river
To die a sinner’s death.”

(instrumental)


My brother knelt down on the ground,
My tears begun to flow.
He plucked a lily from the ground,
And onto the bridge he did go.
He said, “Tell poor Jennie’s father
How sorry I am for him;
And tell our aging mother
I stumbled and could not swim.”

He leapt into the river,
The waters pulled him down.
Through rocks and raging rapids,
He did not make a sound.
I cannot tell my family,
How our dear brother died—
He’s floating on the river
With his darling Jennie Blythe.

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from The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925​-​1930), released March 17, 2022

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