Ballad Of Robin Winter-Smith

Nanci Griffith · Once In A Very Blue Moon [1997]

Mamma's in the kitchen rattlin' pans and the baby cries

On the TV news, somebody died

He was a crazy biker in a motorcycle ridin' daredevil show

In Merry England, oh, twenty seven years old

He was tryin' to break the record

For jumpin' over cars, he was the champ

He fell a little bit short oh, hit the ramp

This is the story, sad and it's gory of Robin Winter-Smith



He was a very brave man if you get my drift

'Cause he waved to the crowd, headed down the runway like a

Man possessed, Robin Winter-Smith I guess he did his best

I make a livin' a-playin' these songs and I hang out in bars

I play my guitar oh, but honey, I don't jump over cars

Mamma's in the kitchen rattlin' pans and the baby cries

On the TV news somebody died

He was a crazy biker in a motorcycle ridin' daredevil show

In Merry England, oh, twenty seven years old