Lulie Vars

Come all you young people

And stand close around

And listen to the story

How Lulie Vars got drowned

She loved this young John Colier

Engaged to be his wife

He ruined her reputation

And then he took her life

They went to Elkhorn city

'Bout sixty miles away

He promised they would marry

And their secret it would stay

They went out for a little walk

Hand in hand they strolled

In the middle of December

And the wind was blowin' cold

They walked down by the river

Still water, it runs deep

She could tell by the way he looked at her

In the bottom she would sleep

She threw her arms around him

Beggin' for her life

"I'll go back to my mother

If I can't be your wife"

Poor Lulie, she went missin'

Nowhere could be found

They searched the country over

For miles and miles around

John Colier joined the army

Four months came and passed

In the bottom of that river

Her body was found at last

They took her from the river

To a nearby town

That railroad still around her [?]

Weighed about 30 pounds

When Lulie's mother got the news

She was sittin' in her home

She quickly left her chair

To bring her baby home

John Colier was arrested

Locked behind the bars

He'll spend his life payin'

For the murder of Lulie Vars