Blackie's Gunman Lyrics - Singles - The Original Carter Family

I was known as Blackie's gunman 

The best two gunman in the land 

I could shoot the ace of diamonds 

With a draw from either hand 

With the dice I had no equal 

Some of them are with us now 

Most of them are sadly sleeping 

'Neath the weeping willow bough 

Many a cowboy's game I've played in 

Left that night with all their gold 

As a sport I was broken 

As a sport I let it go 

I once loved a girl named Nellie 

How we loved no tongue can tell 

But I know, I'll never meet her 

Oh, it was hard to say farewell 

Her eyes were like the deep blue water 

And her hair was golden curls 

And her cheeks were crimson velvet 

And her teeth were snow white pearls 

Together we lived in a cottage 

And our life, it was a dream 

And the angels they watched o'er us 

Made our life one happy dream