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Thread #96874   Message #1898941
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
03-Dec-06 - 01:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add/Origins: St. Regious Girl (Carter Family)
Subject: Lyr Add: ST. REGIS GIRL (Carter Family)
The text at the above website differs in a few words from that given by Bob Coltman. Here is the entire text (easiest for comparison).

Lyr. Add: ST. REGIS GIRL
(Carter Family 1938)

In a pine shaded grave by the river
Where the nightingale sings sad and low
All alone lies a St. Regis maiden
Who did sing this sad song years ago.
2.
Nevermore will my heart fill with gladness
As I stroll through the forest again
For to prison they've taken my lover
That's why my poor heart's full of pain
3.
When in prison your dying from sorrow [you're]
I hope you'll recall those last days
That together we spent in this valley
And the vows that we've shared on its quay.
4.
Oh if I could but burn down that prison
To steal you away for awhile
They could carry me off to the gallows
And I'd go to my doom with a smile.
5.
When the moon is high in the heaven
And the mountains do gleam in its light
How often I'll dream of you sweetheart
As I mourn there alone in the night.
6.
There will be a green grave in the forest
And people when passing that way
Will think of that St Regis maiden
As she lies there alone in the clay.
7.
A shadow has crossed o'er the valley
Where once only sunshine did reign
But where ever life's pathway may lead me
I shall ever remember our dream.
8.
In the future someday I will meet you
On the bright shore so far from this world
And there before God I will greet you
That's the dream of the St. Regis girl.

From the website linked above: www.icdc.com/~fmoore/carterfamily/st_regis_girl.htm