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Blue Mountains

by Sam Amidon

on Lily-O (2014)

one morning one morning
one morning in May
I overheard a married man
to a young girl say

go dress you up pretty Katie
come along with me
across the blue mountains
to the Allegheny

I'll buy you a horse love
and a saddle to ride
I'll buy myself another
to ride by your side

we'll stop at every tavern
we'll drink when we're dry
across the blue mountains
goes my Katie and I

they left before daybreak
on a dapple and a roan
past tall shivering pines
where the mockingbirds go

past dark cabin windows
where eyes never see
across the blue mountains
to the Allegheny