Omie Wise

[00:00.86] I'll tell you a story of little Omie Wise
[00:06.38] And how she was deluded by John Lewis' lies
[00:13.09] He told her for to meet him at the head of Adam's spring
[00:19.27] Some money he would bring her, some other fine things
[00:26.91] So fool-like she met him at the head of Adam's spring
[00:32.64] No money did he bring her, no other fine things
[00:39.02] "Oh, get on behind me and away we will go"
[00:44.72] "We'll go and get married and no one will know"
[00:51.09] She got on behind him and away they did ride
[00:57.21] They rode down a river where the water flow wide
[01:03.55] He hugged her, he kissed her, he turned her round and around
[01:09.55] He threw her in the water where he knew she would drown
[01:15.75] He hopped on his pony and away he did ride
[01:21.36] The screams of little Omie was flowing by his side
[01:27.98] He hopped on his pony and away he did go
[01:33.63] Through creeks, briars, and brambles where no one would know
[01:39.93] Oh, last Thursday morning the rain was pouring down
[01:46.34] A boy went a'fishing, little Omie's body he found
[01:52.68] He threw his net around her, he took her to the bank
[01:58.53] Her body full of water and he laid it on a plank
[02:04.71] He sent for John Lewis, the example sight to see
[02:11.03] He sent for John Lewis, plumb and gaily
[02:17.44] He sent for John Lewis, and John Lewis came
[02:23.08] They propped her up before him for to view her once again
[02:29.27] "My name is John Lewis, my name I won't deny"
[02:35.15] "I drowned little Omie, I'll never reach the sky"
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