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New Orleans Tale

from The Red And The Black EP by Ryan Gregory Floyd

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here where the mississippi
snakes past the crescent city
a story i will tell you
of love and fallen glory

she was a southern beauty
well-born and scorning duty
he was a rich landowner
well-learned and growing older

they were married on
august first, a month of thirst
she spilled wine on her
satin gown from london town

his name was almonaster
the city's fencing master
one day in early spring
she flung aside her ring

"i will love you although
my fate will make us wait.
he grows older and someday
he'll pass away."

when the landowner learned
of her betrayal
he took action but
knowing he would fail

beneath the dueling oaks
a crowd of somber folk
watched almonaster win
the rich man had met his end

almonaster was tried
and found guilty
from the gallows he swung until
he was still

in her sorrow she leapt into
the river
now their bodies lie
in marble, side by side

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from The Red And The Black EP, released September 30, 2015

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Ryan Gregory Floyd New Orleans, Louisiana

Folk rock singer-songwriter of ballads inspired by such heroes as Leonard Cohen and Neil Young. Love, lust, red wine, sapphic vampires, and Daenerys Targaryen are some common themes. Ryan is also an author of fiction and poetry, and his love of literature permeates his well-crafted and lyrical song stories. ... more

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