Poor Ellen Smith The Kingston Trio

[Chorus]
Poor Ellen Smith. How was she found?
Shot through the heart lyin' dead on the ground
Her body was mangled and all cast around
And X marks the spot where poor Ellen was found

[Verse 1]
They picked up her body, carried it away
And now she's a-sleepin' in some lonesome old grave
Who had the heart and who had the brain to shoot my little Ellen on that cold lonesome plain?

[Chorus]
Poor Ellen Smith. How was she found?
Shot through the heart lyin' dead on the ground
Her body was mangled and all cast around
And X marks the spot where poor Ellen was found

[Verse 2]
They picked up their rifles and hunted us down
They found us a-loafin' all 'round town
The judge may convict me and God knows he can
But I know I died as an innocent man

[Chorus]
Poor Ellen Smith. How was she found?
Shot through the heart lyin' dead on the ground
Her body was mangled and all cast around
And X marks the spot where poor Ellen was found