Angeline

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Underneath the cotton sun

The freedom we had just begun

Sweeter than the finest rum

With my Angeline

A home with every kind of tree

Built it without anything

Life is like a peach in cream

With my Angeline

Angeline oh Angeline

She had the softest smile that I had ever seen

Sweet summer rain

I just want to be able see her again

That day I was walking down

The railroad tracks I heard the sound

The sheriff he was mighty proud

And told me I had to pay

The foreman he had to come to find

Prison folk to work the mine

The judge was there to give me time

Away from my Angeline

Angeline oh Angeline

She's the sweetest song that I could ever sing

Feeling the pain

I just want to be able to sing to her again

Seven years until I'm free

Working off this prison fee

My fingers smell like kerosene

In a mine in Tennessee

Every day I hold my breath

Every hour I wish for death

Angeline she's settled west

Away from Tennessee

Tennessee oh Tennessee

You have the darkest veins that I had ever seen

Deep in the mine

Angeline your memories won't let me die

Angeline, Angeline

Angeline, Angeline

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Angeline (Angeline)

Angeline (Angeline)

Angeline

Angeline oh Angeline

Had the softest smile that I had ever seen

Sweet summer rain

I just want to be able to see you again