Ballad Of Annie Palmer
Key: ACapo 1English
Spoken
N.C.One time I was down to Jamaica to a place called Rose Hall Plantation
N.C.They grow a lot of sugarcane and tomatoes and things at Rose Hall now
N.C.It used to be just a sugarcane plantation back in the days of slavery
N.C.And they tell stories about the place and about the great house at Rose Hall
N.C.That many many years ago they came from the country of Haiti
N.C.A lady named Annie Palmer who lived in that great house there
N.C.And she was a mistress of the plantation she was the boss her word was law
N.C.Well they tell a lot of tales about Annie
N.C.They say she had three husbands one at a time I guess
N.C.But they also tell tales about Annie and the slaves
N.C.There were about 5000 slaves on the plantation
N.C.And she had her favorites and she had the ones that weren't her favorites
N.C.Well down on the sea there're three tall palm trees wavin' in the breeze
N.C.And they say that maybe Annie Palmer's three husbands are buried under those palm trees
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On the Aisland Dof AJamaica quite a Dlong long time Aago
At ARose DHall Aplantation where the B7ocean breezes Eblow
Lived a Agirl named DAnnie APalmer the Dmistress of the Aplace
And the Aslaves all Elived in Afear to Dsee a Afrown on EAnnie's Aface
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DWhere's your husband AAnnie where's Dnumber two and Athree
Are they Dsleeping beneath the Apalms beside B7the Caribbean Esea
At Dnight I hear you Ariding and I Dhear your lovers Acall
And I Astill can Efeel your Apresence Daround the Agreat house at ERose AHall
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Well if Ayou should Dever Ago to see the Dgreat house at Rose AHall
There's Aexpensive Dchairs and Achina and great B7paintings on the Ewall
They'll Ashow you Dany Asitting room and the Dwhipping post Aoutside
But Athey won't Elet you Asee the Droom where AAnnie's Ehusbands Adied
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DWhere's your husband AAnnie where's Dnumber two and Athree
Are they Dsleeping beneath the Apalms beside B7the Caribbean Esea
At Dnight I hear you Ariding and I Dhear your lovers Acall
And I Astill can Efeel your Apresence Daround the Agreat house at ERose AHall