Sixteen Summers, Fifteen Falls

Let me tell you a story 'bout a girl I knew
 Fairest skin with eyes of blue
 I swear to the lord that I loved her true
 It's a year now she's been gone
 Well her spirit was as bright as the soft sunshine
 Lips the color of strawberry wine
 I wish to God she still was mine
 But the chance won't come again
 After first we lay in love's sweet bed
 With one look at her eyes I might have read
 All the pain that was flyin' through her head
 Through my guilt I could not see
 Oh, I turned to her when the mornin' came
 Hungry thoughts racin' through my brain
 But the knife in her heart screamed herself she'd slain
 And a note whispered love too soon
 Oh her old man screamed and her mother cried
 All I could do was to wonder why
 A girl in her youth was forced to die
 Is lovin' such a crime?
 She died (few in years) with breasts still small
 Seeing sixteens summers and fifteen falls
 Me and my blindness never realized all
 The fear she kept inside
 Let me tell you a story 'bout a girl I knew
 Fairest skin with eyes of blue
 I swear to the lord that I loved her true