George Collins- Riley Puckett (GA) 1934 REC
[Recording: Bluebird B-5818 by Riley Puckett (1894- 1946) Vocal, Guitar and Ted Hawkins- Mandolin San Antonio, TX. 29th March, 1934.
R. Matteson 2015]
George Collins- Riley Puckett, 1934; Transcription R. Matteson
[brief intro]
George Collins rode home one cool winter night.
George Collins rode home, so fine.
George Collins rode home one cool winter night.
He taken sick and died.
[Mandolin solo]
Poor weeping Mary in yonders town,
Was sewing her silk so fine.
When she heard George Collins was dead,
She laid her silk aside.
[Mandolin solo]
She followed[1] him up, she followed him down,
She followed to the grave;
And there she knelt on her bending knee;
She wept, she moaned, she prayed.
[Mandolin solo]
"Take out the casket, threw off the lid,
Lay back the linen so fine,
And let me kiss his clay cold lips,
I'm sure they'll never kiss mine.
[Mandolin solo]
Oh don't you see that turtle dove;
Flying from pine to pine.
It's morning for its own true love,
Just like I'll mourn for mine.
[short mandolin outro]
1. follered