Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Nancy Barnett, artist - Otis Gibbs. Album song Souvenirs of a Misspent Youth, in the genre Музыка мираNancy Barnett |
| They say they buried Nancy Barnett |
| Up above the banks of Sugar Creek |
| Since she always loved the hillside |
| It became her final resting place |
| For forty years her grave sat silent |
| ‘Til a brand new road was being laid |
| The workers came to Johnson County |
| To build a bridge across the creek |
| With orders that the grave |
| Would be dug up and taken away |
| Carried far from the hillside |
| Overlooking the banks of Sugar Creek |
| A man who claimed to be her grandson |
| Stepped up and fired a warning shot |
| And he vowed to kill the first man |
| Who tried to move the family plot |
| He stood for weeks beside her headstone |
| And guarded her grave both night and day |
| The workers tried to persuade him |
| But he refused to be driven away |
| He said, «I'm a peaceful man |
| But if you touch my grandma’s grave |
| Your blood will flow down the hillside |
| All across the banks of Sugar Creek» |
| Today the cars are passing |
| On a winding road heading out of town |
| Peaceful Indiana byway |
| County Road 400 heading South |
| That’s where the lanes divide |
| And in the middle stands a grave |
| Still protected on the hillside |
| Overlooking the banks of Sugar Creek |
| They had to build the road around her |
| Overlooking the banks of Sugar Creek |