lulie vars

come all you young people

and stand close around

and listen to the story

how lulie vars got drowned

she loved this young john colier

engaged to be his wife

he ruined her reputation

and then he took her life

they went to elkhorn city

'bout sixty miles away

he promised they would marry

and their secret it would stay

they went out for a little walk

hand in hand they strolled

in the middle of december

and the wind was blowin' cold

they walked down by the river

still water

it runs deep

she could tell by the way he looked at her

in the bottom she would sleep

she threw her arms around him

beggin' for her life

i'll go back to my mother