Lullaby

Hush falls the evening
 And tickles the bell
 One freckle, three freckle, four
 Hush falls the evening
 And tickles the bell
 Love, close your eyes
 There are stories to tell
 Troubles and marks and sakes to keep
 Blow out the candle and go to sleep
 I hang the moon that looks to the west
 Tied to your pillow and twice 'round your chest
 Should the sky thunder and should the stars mist
 Water the branches that sprout from your wrist
 Once was a man
 On a dark and cruel road
 One freckle, three freckle, four
 Once was a man
 On a dark and cruel road
 Where strangers and brothers
 And caravans towed
 Troubles and marks and sakes to keep
 Blow out the candle and go to sleep
 Each pushed in fog
 With wife and a child
 One freckle, three freckle, four
 Each pushed in fog
 With wife and a child
 Out of Virginia
 And into the wild
 Troubles and marks and sakes to keep
 Blow out the candle and go to sleep
 I hang the moon that looks to the west
 Tied to your pillow and twice 'round your chest
 Should the sky thunder and should the stars mist
 Water the branches that sprout from your wrist
 Wife shook with fever
 And sick went the air
 One freckle, three freckle, four
 Wife shook with fever
 And sick went the air
 He tied her to saddle
 'Til thirst took the mare
 Troubles and marks and sakes to keep
 Blow out the candle and go to sleep
 Some drifted missing
 And some drifted found
 One freckle, three freckle, four
 Some drifted missing
 And some drifted found
 He carried his wife
 'Til they fell to the ground
 Troubles and marks and sakes to keep
 Blow out the candle and go to sleep
 I hang the moon that looks to the west
 Tied to your pillow and twice 'round your chest
 Should the sky thunder and should the stars mist
 Water the branches that sprout from your wrist
 He held her down
 With a man and his son
 One freckle, three freckle, four
 He held her down
 With a man and his son
 Nobody spoke
 As he emptied his gun
 Troubles and marks and sakes to keep
 Blow out the candle and go to sleep
 Wagons and heels turned
 And limped as he froze
 One freckle, three freckle, four
 Wagons and heels turned
 And limped as he froze
 He strangled her locket
 Away from the crows
 Troubles and marks and sakes to keep
 Blow out the candle and go to sleep
 I hang the moon that looks to the west
 Tied to your pillow and twice 'round your chest
 Should the sky thunder and should the stars mist
 Water the branches that sprout from your wrist
 Day came
 And he and his blood were forgot
 One freckle, three freckle, four
 Day came
 And he and his blood were forgot
 Save for the branches
 That from his wrist shot
 Troubles and marks and sakes to keep
 Blow out the candle and go to sleep
 Weary the prairies
 And littered with dead
 One freckle, three freckle, four
 Weary the prairies
 And littered with dead
 I'll leave her locket
 Right here on your bed
 Troubles and marks and sakes to keep
 Blow out the candle and go to sleep
 I hang the moon that looks to the west
 Tied to your pillow and twice 'round your chest
 Should the sky thunder and should the stars mist
 Water the branches that sprout from your wrist
 Hush falls the evening
 And tickles the bell
 One freckle, three freckle, four