[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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The first time I saw Carrie Brown
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She was so young and fair
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A voice like spring rain fallin' down and sunlight in her hair
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I'd never seen her face before so I asked all around
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Her daddy owns a grocery store and she lives in Bristol town
[Chorus]
G C
Carrie darlin' Carrie Carrie Brown I cry
G Em D
If I can't marry Carrie Brown believe I'd rather die
[Verse 2]
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I laid my last ten dollars down
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Though I didn't need a thing
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Just to touch sweet Carrie Brown
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When she handed me my change
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I hung around 'till closin' time I scarce believed my eyes
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My darlin' walkin' arm in arm
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With a boy named Billy Wise
[Chorus]
G C
Carrie darling Carrie , Carrie Brown I cry
G Em D
If I can't marry Carrie Brown,I believe I'd rather die
[Verse 3]
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I walked around in Bristol town a bitter broken man
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A heart that pined for Carrie Brown and a pistol in my hand
G C
We met again on State Street poor Billy Wise and me
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I shot him in Virginia and he died in Tennessee
[Chorus]
G C
Carrie Darling Carrie , Carrie Brown I cry
G Em D
If I can't marry Carrie Brown , I believe I'd rather die
[Verse 4]
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Now I'm down in the Bristol jail and all I do is cry
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'Cause the jury found me guilty and the judge says I must die
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I'm just a poor young mountain boy
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Ain't never been to town
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And I've come to ruination for the love of Carrie Brown
[Chorus]
G C
Carrie darling Carrie, Carrie Brown I cry
G Em D
If I can't marry Carrie Brown, I believe I'd rather die
