Ollie McGee Lyrics
by Richard Buckner
Have you seen,
walking through the village,
a man with downcast eyes
and haggard face?
That is my husband dear.
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My secret cruelty,
never to be told,
robbed me of my youth
and my beauty,
'til at last,
wrinkled and with yellow teeth,
and with broken pride
and shameful humility,
I sank into the grave.
But what
think you
knows that my husband's heart,
the face of what I was,
the face of what
he made me?
These are driving him
to the place where I lie.
In death, therefore,
I am avenged.