A greenhorn lad and a brand new bride Off to make a claim and start a new life They left Fort Pitt with wide blue eyes A greenhorn lad and a brand new bride Thirteen days on the Ohio Bound for Kentucky with everything they own The sun beats hot on a flat keelboat For thirteen days on the Ohio Four days out from the great falls Anchored down at the Kanawha He shot him a rabbit with his new flintlock Built a big fire and threw it in a pot That keelboat was found burnt coal black The greenhorn dead with an arrow in his back No signs of the bride just some moccasin tracks That keelboat was found burnt coal black