Black Rose

Way down in Virginia

Amongst the tall grown sugar canes

Lived a simple man and a dominicker hen

And a rose of a different name

Well, the first time I felt lightning

I was standing in the drizzling rain

With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin

And a rose of a different name

Well, the devil made me do it the first time

The second time I done it on my own

Lord, put a handle on a simple-headed man

And help me leave that black rose alone

When the devil made that woman

Lord, he threw the pattern away

She was built for speed with the tools you need

To make a new fool every day

Way down deep and dirty

On the darker side of shame

I caught a cane cuttin' man and a bottle of gin

With a rose of a different name

The devil made me do it the first time

The second time I done it on my own

Lord, put a handle on a simple-headed man

Help me leave that black rose alone

Devil made me do it the first time

Second time I done it on my own

Lord, put a handle on a simple-headed man

Help me leave that black rose alone