The Long Black Rifle Lyrics

Come closer my love, and I′ll tell you a tale
It'll make you cold, it′ll turn you pale
It's a tale of a man's never-ending love
And the long black rifle
He wed a woman sworn to another
And in a rage, the other man
Shot him down with a long black rifle
Shot him down, and away he ran
Now a prairie man loved a city maid
Was the love he took worth the price he paid?
When a man ends up at the smoking end
Of a long black rifle
He wed a woman sworn to another
And in a rage, the other man
Shot him down with a long black rifle
Shot him down, and away he ran
Now his dying words I repeat to you
You can never kill love when your love is true
It lives when only the rust is left
Of a long black rifle
He wed a woman sworn to another
And in a rage, the other man
Shot him down with a long black rifle
Shot him down, and away he ran