Nellie Kane
Composer(s): Tim O'Brien
Performer(s): Hot Rize;
Full Moon Express; Tim O'Brien; Phish



As a young man I went riding out on the western plain 
In the state of North Dakota I met my Nellie Kane 
I met my Nellie Kane 

She was living in a lonely cabin with a son by another man 
Five years she had waited for him as long as a woman can 
As long as a woman can 

I don't know what changed my mind 
'Til then I was the ramblin' kind 
The kind of love I can't explain 
That I had for Nellie Kane 

She hired me on to work that day to help her till the land 
In the afternoon we planted seeds in the evening we held hands In 
the evening we held hands 

Her blue eyes told me everything a man could want to know 
It was then I realized that I would never go 
That I would never go 

Now many years have gone by and her son has grown up tall 
I became a father to him and she became my all 
She became my all