The Ballad of John McCrae
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โฑ๏ธ 4:58 duration
๐ ID: 14196822
๐ Lyrics
On the banks of the Missouri
Annie washed up in the clay
And they took her to her father
Told him it was John McCrae
Now I'm running through the badlands
Covering my tracks
Northward toward Dakota
With the devil on my back
Oh, the river flows
To our immortal home
(To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
Oh Annie, oh my soul
Well I took her down by the stream side
For to make that girl my bride
And in the folds of her pretty white dress
Lay her father's bowie knife
Well she pulled that steel blade on me
Told me she would take my life
So I pushed her into the river
She went under with the tide
Oh, the river flows
To our immortal home
(To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
Oh Annie, oh my soul
Well the hound dogs they overtook me
40 miles past Harding town
And I told that young Douglas sheriff
"Boy, you'd better shoot me now."
He said "Poor Johnny, by my orders
Your life I cannot take
But I'll be smiling at your hanging
When they lay you in the grave."
Oh, the river flows
To our immortal home
(To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
Oh Annie, oh my soul
I am standing at the gallows
And the scaffold it is high
And the hangman, he asked my last words
Before I'm condemned to die
And I begged God, "Don't forgive me
For the troubles I have sown
For I'll soon see my pretty Annie
In the hell fire down below."
Oh, the river flows
To our immortal home
(To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
Oh Annie, oh my soul
Oh Annie, oh my soul
Oh Annie, oh my soul
Annie washed up in the clay
And they took her to her father
Told him it was John McCrae
Now I'm running through the badlands
Covering my tracks
Northward toward Dakota
With the devil on my back
Oh, the river flows
To our immortal home
(To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
Oh Annie, oh my soul
Well I took her down by the stream side
For to make that girl my bride
And in the folds of her pretty white dress
Lay her father's bowie knife
Well she pulled that steel blade on me
Told me she would take my life
So I pushed her into the river
She went under with the tide
Oh, the river flows
To our immortal home
(To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
Oh Annie, oh my soul
Well the hound dogs they overtook me
40 miles past Harding town
And I told that young Douglas sheriff
"Boy, you'd better shoot me now."
He said "Poor Johnny, by my orders
Your life I cannot take
But I'll be smiling at your hanging
When they lay you in the grave."
Oh, the river flows
To our immortal home
(To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
Oh Annie, oh my soul
I am standing at the gallows
And the scaffold it is high
And the hangman, he asked my last words
Before I'm condemned to die
And I begged God, "Don't forgive me
For the troubles I have sown
For I'll soon see my pretty Annie
In the hell fire down below."
Oh, the river flows
To our immortal home
(To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
Oh Annie, oh my soul
Oh Annie, oh my soul
Oh Annie, oh my soul
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:09.81] On the banks of the Missouri
[00:14.97] Annie washed up in the clay
[00:18.81] And they took her to her father
[00:23.76] Told him it was John McCrae
[00:29.38] Now I'm running through the badlands
[00:34.89] Covering my tracks
[00:38.57] Northward toward Dakota
[00:43.00] With the devil on my back
[00:49.13] Oh, the river flows
[00:57.41] To our immortal home
[00:59.61] (To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
[01:04.68] Oh Annie, oh my soul
[01:16.00] Well I took her down by the stream side
[01:20.85] For to make that girl my bride
[01:24.35] And in the folds of her pretty white dress
[01:29.15] Lay her father's bowie knife
[01:34.35] Well she pulled that steel blade on me
[01:39.38] Told me she would take my life
[01:42.92] So I pushed her into the river
[01:47.52] She went under with the tide
[01:53.53] Oh, the river flows
[02:01.78] To our immortal home
[02:04.23] (To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
[02:08.61] Oh Annie, oh my soul
[02:19.82] Well the hound dogs they overtook me
[02:24.64] 40 miles past Harding town
[02:28.28] And I told that young Douglas sheriff
[02:32.77] "Boy, you'd better shoot me now."
[02:36.75] He said "Poor Johnny, by my orders
[02:43.30] Your life I cannot take
[02:46.43] But I'll be smiling at your hanging
[02:51.37] When they lay you in the grave."
[02:57.66] Oh, the river flows
[03:05.65] To our immortal home
[03:09.33] (To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
[03:12.65] Oh Annie, oh my soul
[03:34.34] I am standing at the gallows
[03:40.40] And the scaffold it is high
[03:43.86] And the hangman, he asked my last words
[03:48.67] Before I'm condemned to die
[03:53.01] And I begged God, "Don't forgive me
[03:58.98] For the troubles I have sown
[04:02.45] For I'll soon see my pretty Annie
[04:06.81] In the hell fire down below."
[04:13.03] Oh, the river flows
[04:20.81] To our immortal home
[04:25.58] (To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
[04:27.99] Oh Annie, oh my soul
[04:34.30] Oh Annie, oh my soul
[04:39.50] Oh Annie, oh my soul
[04:44.52]
[00:14.97] Annie washed up in the clay
[00:18.81] And they took her to her father
[00:23.76] Told him it was John McCrae
[00:29.38] Now I'm running through the badlands
[00:34.89] Covering my tracks
[00:38.57] Northward toward Dakota
[00:43.00] With the devil on my back
[00:49.13] Oh, the river flows
[00:57.41] To our immortal home
[00:59.61] (To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
[01:04.68] Oh Annie, oh my soul
[01:16.00] Well I took her down by the stream side
[01:20.85] For to make that girl my bride
[01:24.35] And in the folds of her pretty white dress
[01:29.15] Lay her father's bowie knife
[01:34.35] Well she pulled that steel blade on me
[01:39.38] Told me she would take my life
[01:42.92] So I pushed her into the river
[01:47.52] She went under with the tide
[01:53.53] Oh, the river flows
[02:01.78] To our immortal home
[02:04.23] (To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
[02:08.61] Oh Annie, oh my soul
[02:19.82] Well the hound dogs they overtook me
[02:24.64] 40 miles past Harding town
[02:28.28] And I told that young Douglas sheriff
[02:32.77] "Boy, you'd better shoot me now."
[02:36.75] He said "Poor Johnny, by my orders
[02:43.30] Your life I cannot take
[02:46.43] But I'll be smiling at your hanging
[02:51.37] When they lay you in the grave."
[02:57.66] Oh, the river flows
[03:05.65] To our immortal home
[03:09.33] (To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
[03:12.65] Oh Annie, oh my soul
[03:34.34] I am standing at the gallows
[03:40.40] And the scaffold it is high
[03:43.86] And the hangman, he asked my last words
[03:48.67] Before I'm condemned to die
[03:53.01] And I begged God, "Don't forgive me
[03:58.98] For the troubles I have sown
[04:02.45] For I'll soon see my pretty Annie
[04:06.81] In the hell fire down below."
[04:13.03] Oh, the river flows
[04:20.81] To our immortal home
[04:25.58] (To our immortal home, it flows to our home)
[04:27.99] Oh Annie, oh my soul
[04:34.30] Oh Annie, oh my soul
[04:39.50] Oh Annie, oh my soul
[04:44.52]