13. Ghost Of Floyd Collins (Folklore and Superstition 2008)
Yeah boy, I sure do, I remember yonder back yonder n' the 20's They said that a Floyd Collins, he'd been caught in that cave That sand cave down there, once he got down there he couldn't get out So they just left him down there and they had the sermon for him right there He just laid there and died
The hell hounds walking on midnight fire The fog rolls in and the creek run higher They saw him standing by the railroad tracks Tonight's the night old Floyd's coming back
Down, down, deep in the ground It's where his story stays
Down in mammoth cave is where his body laid Walls caved in, life could not be saved No man-made machine could see the things he'd seen Mr. Collins, he did not die in vain
The strangers moved in, brought the circus to town You know there's people making money off the man underground Somebody said, they wasn't doing him right That's why old Floyd's coming back tonight
Down, down, deep in the ground It's where his story stays
Down in mammoth cave is where his body laid Walls caved in, life could not be saved No man made machine could see the things he'd seen Mr. Collins, he did not die in vain
Down, down, deep in the ground Is where it stays, so they say
Down in mammoth cave is where his body laid Walls cave in, life could not be saved No man made machine could see the things he'd seen Mr. Collins, he did not die in vain