Lonesome Holler Lyrics

Herman had a copper still along with three pretty daughters

Kept them hid away above old Lonesome Holler

Youngest one said she'd be mine if I asked her father

I grabbed a jug of my finest shine and I headed to the Holler

Dark Mountain my little miss, Dark Mountain my darlin'

Weddin' bells to be ringin' soon above old Lonesome Holler

She loved me in the springtime loved me in the fall

I want her lovin' all the time or I'll take no lovin' at all

The Braxton boy lived down the levee, a place we called Black Water

I heard that he'd been seein' my gal down in Lonesome Holler

Dark Mountain my little miss, Dark Mountain my darlin'

My heart's breakin' above old Lonesome Holler

She left her house in the dead of night, and soon I'd foller

She met that Braxton boy down in Lonesome Holler

Well my eyes teared up and my mouth ran dry when I tried to swaller

My blood ran cold as she laid in his arms down there in the Holler

Three went down Dark Mountain that night, death be soon to foller

I left their bodies in a pool of blood down there in the Holler

Screech owl covered up the young boy's screams he'll never return to Black Water

Now their bodies'll rot in the leaves and the trees down in Lonesome Holler

Dark Mountain my little miss, Dark Mountain my darlin'

Moonshine runs bloody red down in Lonesome Holler

Dark Mountain my little miss, Dark Mountain my darlin'