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Hotel Albion

from Good Prairie Folk by Ray Elliott Band

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Have mercy on my soul, I’m the Elliott boy from Bayfield Ontario
And my blood runs cold
Chains on my feet and my head hung low, boys it’s off to the gallows I go
And for for me there’ll be no tomorrow

A shot in the dark all’s you need for a spark and that’s how a wildfire starts
And that’s how the new it tore through Huron County
Harvey please don’t take another step I pointed my pistol and I held my breath
And he charged forward and I pulled the trigger

A shot in the dark, well it hit its mark
The bullet struck just above his heart
He went down and i though
Oh lord, what have I done

Frederick brother, level headed on well I didn’t think that you’d fire that gun
Would you do one favour for a dying man if you can
Open the doors of the Albion, fix me a drink and make it strong
This will be my last taste ‘fore I move on

Lay two silver dollars on my eyes to pay the boatman for the rid
And we’ll make amends when I see you on the other side

Oh my son what have you done, you let loose on your brother with a loaded gun
And you shot him down at the Hotel Albion
Your sister said he was in that way, he’d been drinking down by the mill all day
What I tell you about idle hands and the devil’s work

You know it’s more than a mother can bare since I lost your father the previous year
Your brother’s dead and gone and the hangman calls for you name
You know it’s not to be this way to see town sons from the cradle to the grave
Have very on your should and know that I love you

I’ll lay silver dollars on your eyes to pay the boatman for the ride
And we’ll make amends when I see you on the other side
I’ll lay silver dollars on your eyes to pay the boatman for the ride
And we’ll make amends when I see you on the other side

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from Good Prairie Folk, released May 1, 2010

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Ray Elliott Band Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

A mountain boy living in the prairies, Ray Elliott has been charming audiences for over twenty years with his story-telling and his turn of phrase, both lyrically and musically. With Peter Abonyi on bass, Fabian Minnema on drums and Gillian’s accordion and voice, Ray Elliott tells his stories in songs that change like the weather in the mountains and flow free like waves on wheat fields. ... more

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