Chatham County Line DARK CLOUDS Dark Clouds, Dark Clouds, I’ll see the sun no more I stand watch over mountains and valleys so deep It’s here my solitary watch I keep When the sun last shined, I had me a bride But the day we were to wed, she fell down and died Dark Clouds, Dark Clouds, I’ll see the sun no more I’ve lived my life forsaken misery, who does the sun shine for? I worked every day, to one day own a deed Kept my silver at the bank under lock and key Then one day some rounders, shot their way into town They took all my silver, burnt that bank to the ground I had a good Mother, and a Father too They stood by me as I paid my dues But a Western Union man stood on my doorstep today The good Lord had just called them away