[Lyric] Katy Dear (Matt Heckler)

Let out all your troubles with the boughs of fraying pine
The proudest grove of hemlock, bring solace to your mind
Before they burned the mountains and ran dry all the streams
There was plenty to get by on, plenty more to dream

Before the heavy hand of greed came knocking at your door
Telling lies in silver you always have endured
Singing who’ll rock the cradle, and who’ll sing this song?
How will you survive the winters long?

And it’s come on Katy dear
It’s midnight on the watеr, and I swear that you can hear
All the coy dogs howl
Thеre’s strapping colts in Margaretville, but that’s the way down south

That colt’s mane was spruce and his cold heart was pine
They said he’d run on water if I could pass the time
Early in the spring, when the ice began to thaw
I’d ride him down the Delaware, and bid farewell to all

Before the tree trunks line the hills and bark it’ll line the roads
They’re sending half the forest down the stream in heavy loads
Singing you never know what you’ve got until it’s almost gone
So who’ll rock the cradle when you're gone?
And it’s come on Katy dear
It’s midnight on the water, and I swear that you can hear
All the coy dogs howl
There’s strapping colts in Margaretville, but that’s the way down south

And it’s come on Katy dear
It’s midnight on the water, and I swear that you can hear
All the coy dogs howl
There’s strapping colts in Margaretville, but that’s the way down south