Poor Ellen Smith - The Kingston Trio

Poor Ellen Smith.

How was she found?

Shot through the heart lyin' dead on the

ground

Her body was mangled and all cast around and X marks the spot where poor Ellen

was found

They picked up her body, carried it away and now she’s a-sleepin' in some

lonesome old grave

Who had the heart and who had the brain to shoot my little Ellen on that cold

lonesome plain?

Poor Ellen Smith.

How was she found?

Shot through the heart lyin' dead on the

ground

Her body was mangled and all cast around and X marks the spot where poor Ellen

was found

They picked up their rifles and hunted us down.

They found us a-loafin' all

'round town

The judge may convict me and God knows he can but I know I died as an innocent

man

Poor Ellen Smith.

How was she found?

Shot through the heart lyin' dead on the

ground

Her body was mangled and all cast around and X marks the spot where poor Ellen

was found

The warden has told me that soon I’ll be free to go to her grave near that old

willow tree

I’m free from the walls of that prison at last but I’ll never be free of my

sins from the past

Poor Ellen Smith.

How was she found?

Shot through the heart lyin' dead on the

ground

Her body was mangled and all cast around and X marks the spot where poor Ellen

was found