Lyrics Colter Wall – Kate McCannon

Well the raven is a wicked bird
His wings are black as sin
And he floats outside my prison window
Mocking those within

When I first met Tom McCannon
I was working in the mines
Said he had himself a dark haired daughter
With long, green eyes
When she and I did meet
She was bathing in the creek
Prettiest girl in the whole damn holler
That ain’t no lie

So I went a courtin’ Kate McCannon
Got me a job and I quit my ramblin’
And every day I’d save
A quarter of my pay
I could buy a diamond ring
Lord and one day I come home to find
My darlin’ angel’s not inside
So I made for the creek
Where she and I did meet
And found her with some other lover
And I put three rounds into Kate McCannon