Tom Paxton – Willie Seton (Guitar)

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Willie Seton was a lad, his age was just six-teen.

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Golden curls hung down his neck, the fairest ever seen.

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His true love was the prettiest thing in the country-side,

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And after Willie courted her, she swore to be his bride.

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He had no gold to give her dad, no gold to buy them land,

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And in his haste to wed his love he joined an outlaw band.

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They ravaged all the countryside, their fortunes for to gain.

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Until one cold and frosty day they robbed the Frisco train.

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The train guard lost his life that day, but just before he died,

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He fired a deadly pistol ball in Willie Seton's side.

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His comrades they deserted him and left him there a-lone,

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And holding tight-ly to his side he started out for home.

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He had not traveled many a mile until the storm came on,

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And Willie Seton found a log to set himself up-on.

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He leaned his back against a tree and held onto his side,

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And in that cold and snowy wood young Willie Seton died.

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He was sixteen when he loved, sixteen when he cried;

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Sixteen when he robbed a train and six-teen when he died.