Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Rocky Mountain Belle lyrics

There's a story I must tell about my rocky mountain Belle She was everything to me my very life We had smiles and we had tears And for 27 years I had promised her someday she'd be my wife With a ceremony plan I had bought a wedding band And invited all the neighbours from the farms But the day we were to wed, I was tired and stayed in bed Now the whole darn mountain side is up in arms Oh, they're burning down the house I was brought up in And they're shouting come on out and take your bride Oh, they're burning down the house I was brought up in But what a fool I'd be to go outside Never thought my prairie queen would be causing such a scene And the poor old sheriff can't hold back the mob I'll admit we would have wed, but she went ahead and said When we married she was gonna quit her There's her pappy at the gate with a loaded 38 And he's shouting come on out before I shoot Oh, I wonder if he knows I've got on his Sunday clothes If he shoots at me goodbye to pappy's suit Oh, they're burning down the house I was brung up in And they're shouting come on out and take your bride Oh, they're burning down the house I was brung up in But what a fool I'd be to go outside They brought along their lunch and I bet that whole darn bunch Think they're gonna sit around and starve me out Here inside I've got a cow who's a corking roast beef now So you see they don't know what it's all about To me it's all a joke I can stand a lot of smoke In the farmers band I used to play trombone They've got me in a spot, and it's getting mighty hot But to me this burning shack is home sweet home