Black Ribbons-Gretchen Peters

[00:10.47]I built this house with my bare hands [00:16.13]On the shores of Louisian [00:21.67]Took my sweet cher Jolie-Ann [00:26.44]For my own – my very own [00:32.01]Now every man has got his pride [00:37.63]I tried to shelter and provide [00:42.71]But I can’t stop this poison tide [00:48.30]Rollin’ in – rollin’ in [00:54.24][02:01.96]Now I’ve nothing left to give her [00:59.65][02:07.66]No answer to her prayers [01:05.55][02:13.61][03:19.91][03:30.45]Black ribbons on the water [01:11.14][02:18.55][03:25.21][03:35.82]Black ribbons for her hair [01:18.61]Came the wind, came the rain [01:24.13]We defied that hurricane [01:28.72]And we built this house again [01:34.38]Stone by stone – stone by stone [01:40.08]But in the Gulf of Mexico [01:45.19]5000 feet below [01:51.29]Oh the devil’s blood it flows [01:57.19]On and on – on and on [02:46.19]Oh how her eyes they used to shine [02:51.48]Fairest in Evangeline [02:56.44]Now they stare so cold and blind [03:02.10]Through my soul – oh Lord my soul [03:08.32]She was tangled in the saltgrass [03:13.64]Not a bullet left to spare