Rachel rose
from up off the bed
& looked over at her husband
Lying there dead
Jump the broomstick
Burn the veil
Carve up the cornbread
Fare thee well

A North Georgia nightmare fell to the ground
& found sorrow there in that mountain town
The season brings the slaughter to her knees
As the magnolias danced
They all gathered to scream
Calling for the fiddler
To play that old tune
Jimmy in the Lowground

He sidestepped a firefight
Down in Mobile
Then raged under Jackson
Learning to kill
Lost all of his good pay
To them frontier whores
Softened by the booze
And the French cigars

A North Georgia nightmare fell to the ground
& found sorrow there in that mountain town
The season brings the slaughter to her knees
As the magnolias danced
They all gathered to scream
Calling for the fiddler
To play that old tune
Jimmy in the Lowground