Crow Janie, Crow Janie, Crow Jane, don't you hold your head high,
Someday, Baby, you know you got to die
You got to lay down, and , you got to die, you got to

And I want to buy me a pistol, "wolf me forty rounds of ball",
Shoot Crow Jane just to see her fall
She got to fall, she got to , she got to fall, she got to ,

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"You know I begged Crow Jane, not to hold her head too high,
Someday, Baby, you know you got to die
You got to lay down, and , you got to die, you got to "

And I dug her a grave, with a silver spade,
Ain't nobody going to take my Crow Jane's place
no you can't take her, no you can't take her

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You know I let her down, with a golden chain,
And every link I would call my Crow Jane's name
Crow Jane, Crow, Crow Jane, Crow

You know I never missin' my water, til my well ran dry,
Didn't miss Crow jane until the day she died
til the day,she, til the day, she,

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You know I dug her grave, eight feet in the ground,
Didn't feel sorry til they let her down
they had, to let her down, they had, to let her down,

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