The Wilburn Brothers - Simon Crutchfield's Grave lyrics

Now I remember very well a tale my daddy used to tell About old Simon Crutchfield and a friend Now Mary was his pretty wife and they loved every breath of life Before they took ol' Riley Harper in Now Simon plowed and worked the fields and Mary cooked their meals While Riley kept an eye out on the place Still no one knows just when this episode came to an end They only knew of Simon Crutchfield's grave. Mary Crutchfield (Mary Crutchfield) You should be ashamed Get on your knees and pray your soul be saved Riley Harper (Riley Harper) If the devil is to blame Why can't you drive by Simon Crutchfield's grave? In the year of eighteen sixty four, a blizzard came across the moor And all the crops were sold out, none was saved And the only way to get to town was a wagon road that wound around And through the woods past Simon Crutchfield's grave Now some folks say that they lay there at least six months or more Before an old fur trapper found their bones He claimed they wrote their epitaphs on the cabin floor Just the way it reads today on crumbled stone Mary Crutchfield (Mary Crutchfield) Here lies Mary Crutchfield Cause she betrayed the love that Simon gave Riley Harper (Riley Harper) Here lies Riley Harper Cause he couldn't drive by Simon Crutchfield's grave.