Cat. #1576 (MFH #98) - As sung by Mildred Ivie, Goodman, Missouri on September 27, 1976
VERSE 1
No brother, I'll never be better
It is useless to tell me so now
This broken heart only is waiting
For a resting place under th sun
I am dreaming today of a bridal
One year ago only tonight
When she stood 'neath th gaslights above her
In her jewels an' garments, so white
VERSE 2
Jewels shone bright on her tresses
Look back from fair --- brow
An' glistened like tins in th gaslight
On fringes that's whitier than snow
When she laid her soft hand on my husband
I knew that he thought me a toy
By th side of th raidant glory
Was th beautiful Christine Leroy
VERSE 3
Time passed away an' my husband
Grew thoughtless an' careword each day
An' I knew that th wiles of a Demon
Had so artfully lured him away
Till at last, one bright evening I found them
My hopes an' my life were destroyed
Hand in hand with her head on his shoulder
Set my husband and Christine Leroy
VERSE 4
So, brother be kind to your sister
For thiw poor heart is sadden an' faint
At th thought of th wiles of a Demon
In th beautiful form of a saint
When I lie 'neath th snow drifts of winter
Where no sorrow nor thing can destroy
Will you tell them they murdered me, Brother
God, forgive him an' Christine Leroy