Oh, Riley stole a stallion
But they caught him and they
With an iron chain around his neck
When Riley's daughter got a message
That her father was going to hang
With gold an d silver in her hand
When the judge saw Riley's daughter
His old eyes were deepened
Saying gold will never free your father
The price, dear, is you instead
Oh, I'm as good as dead, cried Riley
It's only you that he does crave
And my skin will surely crawl,
give you touches, give it all
Get on your horse and ride away
Oh father, you will surely die
If I don't take the chance to try
and I'll take your advice
The gallows shadows shook the evening
In the night, hound dog, baby
In the night the grounds was groanin'
In the night the price was paid
The next morning she had awoken
To find that the judge had never spoken
She saw that hanging branch abandoned
She saw her father's body broken
That one doctor can't save him
That two healers cannot heal him
And that three eyes cannot see him
That four ears cannot hear him
That five walls cannot hide him
It's six diggers, cannot buy him
And it's seven deaths, she'll never kill him
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