Come al you girls, take heed, remember Ella Speed
You remember the poor girl, Ella Speed
Some day you might be out, only having fun
Some man will kill, the deed that Martin done
Remember the day that poor Ella died
The women, everybody cried
Hung their heads, and these the words they said,
"Poor Ella's gone, and the poor girl's dead."
I was in Savannah upon a Christmas Eve night
Poor Ella, she was drinkin', she's out of sight
And the trains all come running, under the Union shed
Started the bells to tone when they heard poor Ella was dead
Poor Ella's people, they lived 'way out West
They didn't come south 'til they heard poor Ella's death
Some give nickels and some give dimes
I would give a quarter but she wasn't no friend of mine
SPOKEN: That's all