The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
[Verse 1]
Come closer, my love, and you'll hear my tale
It'll make you cold; it'll turn you pale
It's a tale of a man's never-ending love
And the long, black rifle
[Chorus]
He wed a woman sworn to another
And in a rage the other man
Shot him down with a long, black rifle
Shot him down and away he ran
[Verse 2]
A prairie man loved a city maid
Was the love he took worth the price he paid
When a man ends up at the smoky end
Of a long, black rifle?
[Chorus]
He wed a woman sworn to another
And in a rage the other man
Shot him down with a long, black rifle
Shot him down and away he ran
[Verse 3]
His dyin' words I repeat to you
"You can never kill love when love is true
It lives when only the rust is left
Of the long, black rifle
[Chorus]
He wed a woman sworn to another
And in a rage the other man
Shot him down with a long, black rifle
Shot him down and away he ran
[Outro]
Shot him down and away he ran
The Long Black Rifle was written by Lawrence Coleman & Norman Gimbel.
The Long Black Rifle was produced by Voyle Gilmore.
The Kingston Trio released The Long Black Rifle on Mon Jun 01 1959.