Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - Cat-eye willie claims his lover

Bonnie Brown lay ^Gdown the jack of ^Amdiamonds Young Cody took the ^Cking of clubs in ^Amtrade The queen of hearts was ^Gdealt to Simple ^AmSimon But Cat-eye Willie ^Cdrew the ace of ^Amspades

Oh, Bonnie make the ^Gbed that you were ^Amborn in Turn your daddy's ^Cpicture to the ^Amwall For you'll not marry ^GCody, come the ^Ammorning Tonight ol' Shuffling ^CWillie comes to ^Amcall

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Bonnie ^CBrown, you can ^Grun and hide, ^Dmfly my honey ^Amlamb You can ^Ccry, "Have mercy", and ^Gcrawl the cane for ^Amcover But you're ^Cbound for the ^Gbutcher's bride The ^Dmslew-foot devil won't ^Ambe denied When ^CCat-eye Willie ^Gcomes to claim his ^Amlover

As the hour of ^Gmidnight was ap^Amproaching She heard his goblin ^Cboot-heels on the ^Amfloor The tattered rags like ^Graven wings in ^Ammotion The hammer hand u^Cpon the bedroom ^Amdoor

"Have mercy on this ^Ghigh-born lily ^Ammaiden The fairest of the ^Cvalley so they ^Amsay" "'Twas you who mocked my ^Gbent back, heavy ^Amladen No mercy had you ^Cin your heart that ^Amday"

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Bonnie ^CBrown, you can ^Grun and hide, ^Dmfly my honey ^Amlamb You can ^Ccry, "Have mercy", and ^Gcrawl the cane for ^Amcover But you're ^Cbound for the ^Gbutcher's bride The ^Dmslew-foot devil won't ^Ambe denied When ^CCat-eye Willie ^Gcomes to claim his ^Amlover

Now he has had a^Gway her coat of ^Amleather And he has had a^Cway her daisy ^Amdress But as he slumbers ^Gon her bed of ^Amfeathers She breaks a silver ^Cdagger in his ^Amchest

"Oh, ^Dmhold your pillow ^Amto my breast to ^Gstay this crimson ^Amflood For my ^Gdarling, oh, my ^Fdarling you have spilled my mortal ^E7blood" "No, ^DmI will not your ^Amdarling be, while ^GI have breath and ^Amspit in me" "Then I ^Ccurse your proud house ^Gdown, 'til you're ^Eburied in the ground"

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Bonnie ^CBrown, you can ^Grun and hide, ^Dmfly my honey ^Amlamb You can ^Ccry, "Have mercy", and ^Gcrawl the cane for ^Amcover But you're ^Cbound for the ^Gbutcher's bride The ^Dmslew-foot devil won't ^Ambe denied When ^CCat-eye Willie ^Gcomes to claim his ^Amlover

Now twenty years her ^Gsuitors have been ^Amidle And twenty years her ^Ccat-eye boy has ^Amgrown And he has stolen a ^Gruttled horse and ^Ambridle And taken to the ^Ccullion road a^Amlone

"Oh, build my tomb down ^Gin some meadow ^Amlonely Mark it with the ^Ctraitor diamond ^Amknave For I have served one ^Gmaster, true and ^Amonly And I will sleep be^Cside him in the ^Amgrave"

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Bonnie ^CBrown, you can ^Grun and hide, ^Dmfly my honey ^Amlamb You can ^Ccry, "Have mercy", and ^Gcrawl the cane for ^Amcover But you're ^Cbound for the ^Gbutcher's bride The ^Dmslew-foot devil won't ^Ambe denied When ^CCat-eye Willie ^Gcomes to claim his ^Amlover When ^FCat-eye Willie ^Emcomes to claim his ^Amlover