The year all painted pallor grey, the storm was coming in
Folks were lining out in all directions
Me and Hoad(?) and Henry Short were pitching on the skiff
Trying to make it home before the night
And the grey waves were rolling
Bold the brave, brave ocean
And rolled us suckers in
Well, I don't keep to goings-on; I tend to stick with kin
But Watson had it in from the beginning
Built that house on Chatham Bend of whitewashed knotted pine
Ninety acres furrowed for the cane
He drove it down from Georgia
His dad a martyred soldier
In the war between the states
Lord, bring down the flood
Wash away the blood
Drown these Everglades
And put us in our place
We laid Edgar Watson in his grave
We laid him in his grave
Till I'm dust I'll never know why he came ashore
With all those killers gathered on the shoreline
Kicking holes in ugly mud and trigger fingers pinched
A brace of rifles bristled in the wind
And we towed his body northbound
And buried him all facedown
With a good view into Hell
Lord, bring down the flood
Wash away the blood
Drown these Everglades
And put us in our place
We laid Edgar Watson in his grave
We laid him in his grave
We laid him in his grave
We laid him in his grave
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