Red Clay Creek

(Nell Robinson, BMI)

Where oh where have you gone darlin’ boy
The creeks rising fast above you
That red clay won’t hold all the secrets that I know
Why did he let you go?

Young bride your son looks a lot like the man
Who’s been biding his time with me
When I watch you bathe that child on the banks
It’s not your boy I see

Mine was blue-eyed just like him
But forsaken and unseen
That man took our secret and spirit him away
And he should have taken me

Where oh where have you gone darlin’ boy
The creeks rising fast above you
That red clay won’t hold all the secrets that I know
I saw him let you go?

If your boys with mine, they won’t be lonesome
Two brothers together, you’ll see.
On judgment day, they’ll be by my side
And I shall be set free

Where oh where have you gone darlin’ boy
The creeks rising fast above you
That red clay won’t hold all the secrets that I know
I had to let you go?

Your son and mine are quietly sleepin’
In the waters of Red Clay Creek
Don’t worry now, they’re cryin no more
Mine and yours, they’re a family