The Ballad Of Nora Lee Lyrics - Singles - Helldorado

Once upon a time there lived a lady young and fair 

Raven hair and rosy cheeks and no one to compare 

Daughter of a noble man in a little town 

And her name was Nora Lee, and it was spoken all around 

It's told that she was courted by two men of different kin 

One of them a shoemaker that made boots of lizard skin 

The other was the sheriff in this little town 

And he swore he'd marry her or else he'd put her in the ground 

One night the moon was brightly shining in the sky 

She went to see the shoemaker and with him she did lie 

"You are my own true love" she whispered soft and low 

But they'd been spied upon that night, and soon the sheriff he would know 

Then came a cold and dark night and the wind was blowin' free 

The sheriff and his men they tied poor Nora to a tree 

Full of wickedness they stole her maidenhead 

Then they stabbed her with a knife 'till they were sure she was dead 

Her body it was found the next day on the banks below 

The news was heard and many hearts were filled with grief and woe 

"The guilty one will soon be hung" the sheriff he did claim 

And he called upon his men, the shoemaker to blame 

The scaffold it was built and all the people gathered round 

Just to watch that poor boy taken to his hangin' ground 

The rope was tied around his neck for everyone to see 

And as the hangman pulled the rope, then he would meet his Nora Lee