Cory Belle

G Cory Belle G Have you seen Cory Belle, "no I aint seen her Johnny", D7 C G Well she left yesterday morning my pretty Cory Belle, Have you seen Cory Belle come help me look for her Harry, D7 C G And if anybody's hurt her I'll send his soul to hell. Well she walked down by the railroad and she cut across the pasture, D7 C G She was going to Aunt Marvey's some berries for to take, If a Hobo bum has got her and took her to an empty, D7 C G She'd be better off dead than a-live for merceys sake. Well they found the string of empties standing on a siding, D7 C G In the corner of the last one they found pretty Cory Belle, Her clothes were torn to ribbons and her pretty neck was broken, D7 C G In her eyes they read the story her lifeless lips could never tell, It was you that killed her Harry you were jelous don't deny it, D7 C G It weren't any Hobo that caused my Cory to be dead. Ah you found her mighty quick and there's blood on your shirt sleeve, D7 C G He raised his gun and shot poor old Harry through the head. It was just and hour later he found out that poor old Harry, D7 C G Had been killing hogs at Johnsons more than twenty mildes a-way, Well he went to Cory's grave when he shot he fell across it, D7 C G Now the three friend are sleeping in Na-braskey's common clay. Emding Have you seen Cory Belle come help me look for her Harry, D7 C G And if anybody's hurt her I'll send his soul to hell.