The Mulligan Brothers - Cecilia lyrics

[Verse 1] In the south of Alabamy Near the gulf of Mexico On the banks of the ol' Tombigbee Walks an old lost forgotten soul He was once a man of virtue Sadly less a man of means He said Cecelia I won't let'em hurt you I'll set you free. I'll set you free [Chorus 1] My love for you is stronger than these plantation walls And it howls at the moon at night It don't know about the law And it is at your beck and call I'll set you free Cecelia don't you cry By and by Cecelia don't you cry [Verse 2] She was born into subjection She was born without a say He was her first and only revelation That she might not die that way I will love you all the seasons What you want is what I'll be I'll be your rock I'll be your reason Just set me free. Just set me free [Chorus 2] My heart is so much stronger than these plantation walls And it howls at the moon at night It don't care about the law And every night I hear it call I'll set us free Cecelia don't you cry By and by Cecelia don't you cry [Bridge] He had never been inclined to help another man die Until the boss man declined their wish to leave With Cecelia at his side under that dark October sky They climbed aboard his boat and left that man to bleed No sooner than the boss man died his fury fell out of the sky Racer's storm was on the hunt they say Revenge and water filled that boat and sank his one and only hope As he heard Cecelia's cries fading away [Verse 3] In the south of Alabamy Near the gulf of Mexico On the banks of the ol' Tombigbee Walks an old lost forgotten soul From those murky, shallow waters To the Caribbean sea You can hear him cry Cecelia Come set me free. Come set me free