Angeline

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 Underneath the cotton sun
 The freedom we had just begun
 Sweeter than the finest rum
 With my Angeline
 A home with every kind of tree
 Built it without anything
 Life is like a peach in cream
 With my Angeline
 Angeline oh Angeline
 She had the softest smile that I had ever seen
 Sweet summer rain
 I just want to be able see her again
 That day I was walking down
 The railroad tracks I heard the sound
 The sheriff he was mighty proud
 And told me I had to pay
 The foreman he had to come to find
 Prison folk to work the mine
 The judge was there to give me time
 Away from my Angeline
 Angeline oh Angeline
 She's the sweetest song that I could ever sing
 Feeling the pain
 I just want to be able to sing to her again
 Seven years until I'm free
 Working off this prison fee
 My fingers smell like kerosene
 In a mine in Tennessee
 Every day I hold my breath
 Every hour I wish for death
 Angeline she's settled west
 Away from Tennessee
 Tennessee oh Tennessee
 You have the darkest veins that I had ever seen
 Deep in the mine
 Angeline your memories won't let me die
 Angeline, Angeline
 Angeline, Angeline
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 Angeline
 Angeline oh Angeline
 Had the softest smile that I had ever seen
 Sweet summer rain
 I just want to be able to see you again