Rachel Rose From up off the bed And looked over at her husband Lying there dead Jump the broomstick Burn the veil Carve up the cornbread Fare thee well A North Georgia nightmare fell to the ground And found sorrow there in that mountain town The season brings the slaughter to her knees As the magnolias danced, they all gathered to scream Calling for the fiddler to play that old tune Jimmy in the low ground ♪ He sidestepped a firefight Down in mobile Then raged under Jackson Learning to kill Lost all of his good pay To them frontier whores Softened by the booze And the French cigars A North Georgia nightmare fell to the ground And found sorrow there in that mountain town The season brings the slaughter to her knees As the magnolias danced, they all gathered to scream Calling for the fiddler to play that old tune Jimmy in the low ground Calling for the fiddler to play that old tune Jimmy in the low ground