George Collins- Coulter (TN) 1931 Anderson B
[From Geneva Anderson. "A Collection of ballads and songs from East Tennessee," Master's thesis, University of North Carolina, 1932.
R. Matteson 2015]
B. George Collins - Sung by Miss Grace Coulter Maryville, Blout County, TN 1931
George Collins rode home one cold winter night,
George Collins rode home so fine,
George Collins rode home one cold winter night,
And he took his bed and died.
His own true love was at her father's house,
Sewing her silk so fine,
But when she heard George Collins was dead,
She laid her silk aside.
She followed him around, she followed him about,
She followed him to his grave.
She knelt upon her bending knees,
She wept, she mourned, she prayed.
"Set down the coffin, take off the lid,
Lay back the linen so fine
I want to kiss his cool pale lips
For I'm sure he'll never kiss mine."
The happiest hour I ever saw, George
George Collins by my side,
The saddest news I ever heard
When I heard George Collins was dead.