Ed McCurdy
Ed McCurdy - Quantrell lyrics
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Come all you bold robbers and open your ears Of QuantrelI the lion-heart you quickly will hear With his band of bold raiders in double-quick time He came to burn Lawrence just over the line All routing and shouting and giving the yell Like so many demons just raised up from Hell The boys they were drunken with powder and wine And came to burn Lawrence just over the line They came to burn Lawrence, they came not to stay They rode in one morning at breaking of day Their guns were a-waving, their horses a-foam And QuantrelI a-riding his famous big roan They came to burn Lawrence, they came not to stay Jim Lane he was up at the break of the day He saw them a-coming and got in a fright Then crawled in a corncrib to get out of sight All routing and shouting and giving the yell Like so many demons just raised up from Hell The boys they were drunken with powder and wine And came to burn Lawrence just over the line Oh, QuantreIl's a fighter, a bold-hearted boy A brave man or woman he'll never annoy He'd take from the wealthy and give to the poor For brave men there's never a bolt to his door All routing and shouting and giving the yell Like so many demons just raised up from Hell The boys they were drunken with powder and wine And came to burn Lawrence just over the line