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Key: G
G C G D
Jake Satterfield / was not respected / some said if tempted / they bet he'd steal
G C D G
No invitations to social parties ever came to Jake Satterfield
G C G D
With a chestnut mare and an old frame (spring ) wagon / he'd come riding into town
G C D G
Had an old pet crow, cussing on his shoulder I springfield rifle with the sights filed down
G C G D
Then came the morning (evening), Miss Laurie (Glory ) Johnson I she got lost way back in the hills
G C D G
When the townsfolk gathered, they said, "No one I knows these woods like Jake Satterfield"
G C G D
So they gave him gold and they gave him silver / he said, "I'11 try to pick up her trail but if I'm not back
G C D G
by tomorrow evening just go home 'cause, you'll know I've failed"
G C
Now many times green grass has withered / since that morning way back then Jake Satterfield or Miss Laurie
G D
Johnson / were never heard from or seen again
G C G D
One winter evening, an old fur trapper claimed he was dying, in a blizzard (winter) snow
G C D
Said he was saved by a gold haired woman (lady) / and an old moonshiner on a chestnut mare with an old pet
G
crow
Song History
Published: January 5, 2026
Last Updated: January 5, 2026