Crooked Still - "When First Unto This Country" [Live at Freshgrass]

Crooked Still performs their unreleased cover of the traditional song "From Once Unto This Country" live at 2017 FreshGrass Festival at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA
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LYRICS:
When first unto this country
A stranger I came
I courted a fair maid
And Nancy was her name

I courted her for love
Her love I didn't obtain
Do you think I've any reason
Or right to complain
I rode to see my Nancy
I rode both night and day
Till I came across a stallion
That was both white and grey

I rode to see my Nancy
I rode both day and night
I courted a fair maid
My own heart's true delight

The sheriff's men they followed
They overtaken me
They carted me away
To the penitentiary
They opened up the door
And then they threw me in
They shaved off my hair
And they cleared off my chin

They beat me and they banged me
And they fed me on dry beans
'Til I wished to my own soul
I'd never been a thief
With my hands stuck in my pockets
And my cap set on so bold
My coat of many colors
Like Joseph's of old

When first unto this country
A stranger I came
I courted a fair maid
And Nancy was her name