The Ballad of Annie Palmer
One time I went down to Jamaica
To a place called Rose Hall Plantation
They grow a lot of sugarcane
And tomatoes and things at Rose Hall
Now it used to be
Just a sugarcane plantation back
In the days of
Slavery and they tell stories about the
Place and about the great house at Rose
Hall, that many, many years ago
There came from the country of
Haiti a lady named Annie
Palmer who lived in that great
House there and she
Was the mistress of the plantation she was
The boss her word was law well, they tell
A lot of tales about Annie they say she
Had three husbands, one at a time
I guess but they also tell tales about Annie
And the slaves there were about 5
000 slaves on the plantation she had her
Favorites and she had the ones
That weren't her favorites well
Down on the sea, there
Are three tall palm trees
Waving in the breeze
And they say that maybe Annie Palmer's three
Husbands are buried under those palm trees
On the island of Jamaica
Quite a long long time ago
At Rose Hall Plantation
Where the ocean breezes blow
Lived a girl named Annie Palmer
The mistress of the place
And the slaves all lived in fear to
See a frown on Annie's face
Where's your husband Annie
Where's number two and three?
Are they sleeping beneath the palms
Beside the Caribbean sea?
At night I hear you riding and
I hear your lovers call
And I still can feel your presence round
The great house at Rose Hall
Well if you should ever go to see
The great house at Rose Hall
There's expensive chairs and china and
Great paintings on the wall
They'll show you Annie's sitting room
And the whipping post outside
But they won't let you see the
Room where Annie's husbands died
Where's your husband Annie
Where's number two and three?
Are they sleeping beneath the palms
Beside the Caribbean sea?
At night I hear you riding and
I hear your lovers call
And I still can feel your presence round
The great house at Rose Hall