Medicine Springs Lyrics - The Stanley Brothers

Well I wandered way back in the mountains 

I was searching for fortune and fame 

I found where the water runs deep from the hills 

They call it the medicine springs 

They call it the medicine springs 

It was there that I met a fair maiden 

Yellow hair and big eyes of blue 

She told me one day she loved only me 

That she'd forever be true 

That she'd forever be true 

Well I wanted the best for my darlin' 

But my pockets were empty and bare 

My love was so great for that starlett of mine 

I took what another man had 

I took what another man had 

As I sit here alone in this jailhouse 

With a letter I can't hardly read 

It said my darlin' has left this ol' world 

She's a waitin' in heaven for me 

She's a waitin' in heaven for me