Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - Cat-Eye Willie Claims His Lover lyrics

bonnie brown lay down the jack of diamonds young cody took the king of clubs in trade the queen of hearts was dealt to simple simon but cat-eye willie drew the ace of spades oh bonnie make the bed that you were born in turn your daddy's picture to the wall for you'll not marry cody come the mornin' tonight ol' shufflin' willie comes to call bonnie brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb you can cry have mercy and crawl the cane for cover but you're bound for a butcher's bride the slew-foot devil won't be denied when cat-eye willie comes to claim his lover as the hour of midnight was approachin' she heard his goblin bootheels on the floor the tattered rags like raven wings in motion the hammer hand upon the bedroom door "have mercy on this high-born lily maiden the fairest of the valley so they say" "'twas you who mocked my bent back, heavy laden no mercy had you in your heart that day" bonnie brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb you can cry have mercy and crawl the cane for cover but you're bound for a butcher's bride the slew-foot devil won't be denied when cat-eye willie comes to claim his lover now he has had away her coat of leather and he has had away her daisy dress but as he slumbers on her bed of feathers she breaks a silver dagger in his chest "oh hold your pillow to my breast to stay this crimson flood for my darlin', oh my darlin' you have spilled my mortal blood" "no i will not your darlin' be while i have breath and spit in me" "then i curse your proud house down till you're buried in the ground" bonnie brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb you can cry have mercy and crawl the cane for cover but you're bound for a butcher's bride the slew-foot devil won't be denied when cat-eye willie comes to claim his lover now twenty years her suitors have been idle and twenty years her cat-eye boy has grown and he has stolen ruttle horse and bridle and taken to the cullion road alone "oh build my tomb down in some meadow lonely mark it with the traitor diamond knave for i have served one master, true and only and i will sleep beside him in the grave" bonnie brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb you can cry have mercy and crawl the cane for cover but you're bound for a butcher's bride the slew-foot devil won't be denied when cat-eye willie comes to claim his lover when cat-eye willie come to claim his lover