Starlet Iris - East Nash Grass

Oh Starlet Iris black lily in the snow
I’ll think of starlet iris most anywhere I go

I left her of an evening and ended up downtown
The whiskey overflowing I began to pour it down

The sky is dark and the moon is bright
With the ground all covered with snow
I’ll ramble ‘round this valley town with no place left to go

The time had come for paying
I could not foot the bill
The sheriff was called and I was hauled
To the Cleburne County jail

I wrote to her a letter
Said I’s so lonesome there
She wrote me back an answer
Said honey I don’t care

The sky is dark and the moon is bright
With the ground all covered with snow
I’ll ramble ‘round this valley town with no place left to go

At night I think about her
And it might be a sin
I hope she’ll do what she used to
When I see her again

Oh Starlet Iris
black lily in the snow
I’ll think of Starlet Iris
most anywhere I go, anywhere I go

The sky is dark and the moon is bright
With the ground all covered with snow
I’ll ramble ‘round this valley town with no place left to go