Starlet Iris

Oh Starlet Iris black lily in the snow

I’ll think of starlet iris most anywhere I go

I left her of an evening and ended up downtown

The whiskey overflowing I began to pour it down

The sky is dark and the moon is bright

With the ground all covered with snow

I’ll ramble ‘round this valley town with no place left to go

The time had come for paying

I could not foot the bill

The sheriff was called and I was hauled

To the Cleburne County jail

I wrote to her a letter

Said I’s so lonesome there

She wrote me back an answer

Said honey I don’t care

The sky is dark and the moon is bright

With the ground all covered with snow

I’ll ramble ‘round this valley town with no place left to go

At night I think about her

And it might be a sin

I hope she’ll do what she used to

When I see her again

Oh Starlet Iris

black lily in the snow

I’ll think of Starlet Iris

most anywhere I go, anywhere I go

The sky is dark and the moon is bright

With the ground all covered with snow

I’ll ramble ‘round this valley town with no place left to go