Simon Crutchfield's Grave Lyrics - Wilburn Brothers

Now I remember very well a tale my daddy used to tell 

About old Simon Crutchfield and a friend 

Now Mary was his pretty wife and they loved every breath of life 

Before they took ol' Riley Harper in 

Now Simon plowed and worked the fields and Mary cooked their meals 

While Riley kept an eye out on the place 

Still no one knows just when this episode came to an end 

They only knew of Simon Crutchfield's grave. 

Mary Crutchfield (Mary Crutchfield) 

You should be ashamed 

Get on your knees and pray your soul be saved 

Riley Harper (Riley Harper) 

If the devil is to blame 

Why can't you drive by Simon Crutchfield's grave? 

In the year of eighteen sixty four, a blizzard came across the moor 

And all the crops were sold out, none was saved 

And the only way to get to town was a wagon road that wound around 

And through the woods past Simon Crutchfield's grave 

Now some folks say that they lay there at least six months or more 

Before an old fur trapper found their bones 

He claimed they wrote their epitaphs upon the cabin door 

Just as it reads today on marble stone 

Mary Crutchfield (Mary Crutchfield) 

Here lies Mary Crutchfield 

Cause she betrayed the love that Simon gave 

Riley Harper (Riley Harper) 

Here lies Riley Harper 

Cause he couldn't drive by Simon Crutchfield's grave.