Dig Me a Hole

Bill and Vie were seen one without the other

And the queenes was a love as strong as a man has for his brother

When he fell in love with Lucy Ann, Bill and Vie were parted

For I was the winner of her heart and that's when the trouble started

Go dig me a hole in the cold, cold ground

Dig me one and then another

For today I bury Lucy Ann

The morrow, then hang my brother

I married my sweet Lucy Ann, build the cabin on the hill

We were waiting on a little one and would name him after Bill

But last night when I came home from town Lucy Ann was dying

A knife was buried in her breast and a pool of blood she was lying

Go dig me a hole in the cold, cold ground

Dig me one and then another

For today I bury Lucy Ann

The morrow, then hang my brother

She told me who had done this awful thing and it chilled me through and through

My one and only brother was the only Bill I knew

Bill swore that he would get revenge but fate can be so grim

He didn't know that Lucy Ann was leaving me for him

Go dig me a hole in the cold, cold ground

Dig me one and then another

For today I bury Lucy Ann

The morrow, then hang my brother

For today I bury Lucy Ann

The morrow, then hang my brother