Cecilia

In the south of Alabamy, near the Gulf of Mexico
 On the banks of old Tombigbee
 Walks an old, lost forgotten soul
 He was once a man of virtue
 Sadly less a man of means
 Said, Cecilia I won't let them hurt you
 I'll set you free, I'll set you free
 Cause my love for you is stronger than these plantation walls
 It howls at the moon at night
 It don't know about the law
 And it is at your beg and call
 I said, Cecilia don't you cry
 By and by, Cecilia don't you cry
 She was born into subjection
 She was born without a say
 He was her first and only revelation
 That she might not die that way
 I will love you all the seasons
 What you want is what I'll be
 I'll be your rock, I'll be your reason
 Just set me free, Oh just set me free
 Cause my heart is so much stronger than these plantation walls
 It howls at the moon at night
 It don't care about the law
 And every night I hear it call
 I'll set us free
 Cecilia, don't you cry
 By and by, Cecilia don't you cry
 He had never been inclined to help another man to die
 Until the bossman finally wished to leave
 With Cecilia at his side, under that dark October sky
 They climbed upon their boat and left that man to bleed, bleed
 No sooner than the bossman died
 His fairy fell out of the sky
 A racer's storm was on the hunt they say
 And revenge it what a boat
 And sank his one and only hope
 As he heard Cecilia's cries fading away
 In the south of Alabamy, near the Gulf of Mexico
 On the banks of old Tombigbee
 Walks an old, lost forgotten soul
 From those mirky, shallow waters
 To the Carribean Sea
 You can hear him cry Cecilia come set me free
 Oh, come set me free
 Cecilia, please come set me free
 Come set me free, Come set me free
 Cecili, please come set me free