Black Rose

Way down in Virginia
Amongst the tall grown sugar canes
Lived a simple man and a dominique hen
And a rose of a different name

Well, the first time I fell lightly
I was standing in the drizzling rain
I had a trembling hand and a bottle of gin
And a rose of a different name

Well, the devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Lord, put a handle on a simple handed gal
And help me leave that black rose alone

When the devil made that man
Lord, he threw the pattern away
He was built for speed with the tools
You need to make a new fool every day

Way down deep and dirty
On the darker side of shame
I caught a cane cuttin' man with a bottle of gin
With a rose of a different name

Well, the devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Lord, put a handle on a simple handed gal
Help me leave that black rose alone

Well, the devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Lord, put a handle on a simple handed gal
And help me leave that black rose alone