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The Ballad of Annie Palmer by Johnny Cash
The Ballad of Annie Palmer
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Bb
Capo:1st fret
[Intro - speech]
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One time I was down to Jamaica to a place called Rose Hall Plantation
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They grow a lot of sugarcane and tomatoes and things at Rose Hall now
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It used to be just a sugarcane plantation back in the days of slavery
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And they tell stories about the place and about the great house at Rose Hall
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That many many years ago there came from the country of Haiti
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A lady named Annie Palmer who lived in that great house there
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And she was a mistress of the plantation, she was the boss, her word was law
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Well, they tell a lot of tales about Annie
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They say she had three husbands, one at a time I guess
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But they also tell tales about Annie and the slaves
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There were about 5000 slaves on the plantation
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And she had her favorites and she had the ones that weren't her favorites
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Well, down on the sea there're three tall palm trees wavin' in the breeze
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And they say that maybe Annie Palmer's three husbands are buried under those palm trees
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 1]
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On the island of Jamaica quite a long long time ago
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At Rose Hall plantation where the ocean breezes blow
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Lived a girl named Annie Palmer, the mistress of the place
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And the slaves all lived in fear to see a frown on Annie's face
[Chorus]
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Where's your husband Annie, where's number two and three
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Are they sleeping 'neath the palms beside the Caribbean sea
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At night I hear you riding and I hear your lovers call
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And I still can feel your presence 'round the great house at Rose Hall
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Well, if you should ever go to see the great house at Rose Hall
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There's expensive chairs and china and great paintings on the wall
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They'll show you Annie's sitting room and the whipping post outside
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But they won't let you see the room where Annie's husbands died
[Chorus]
D A D A
Where's your husband Annie, where's number two and three
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Are they sleeping 'neath the palms beside the Caribbean sea
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At night I hear you riding and I hear your lovers call
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And I still can feel your presence 'round the great house at Rose Hall
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