Take a
cat to keep a castle
Take a bird to keep a cat
Take a worm to keep the mouse fed
It takes soul to bring it back
Take a horse to keep a carriage
Take a carriage to keep the folk
Take the folk to keep a marriage
Take the hearth to bring you home
If you would open your eyes
Kentucky,
lying on the corners of your
Sweet yard
Kentucky, on the other side
Scratching at the night
Take a seed, keep a willow
Take a willow, keep shade
Take the root, keep the water
Take the water to bring the rain
Take the wood to keep the fire
Take the fire to keep the war
Take the heat to last the winter
Oh, take hold, get you home
If you would open your eyes
Kentucky, lying on the corners
of your sweet yard
Kentucky, on the other side
Oh, Kentucky
Lying on the corners of your
Sweet yard, Kentucky
On the other side
Scratching at the night you