The Montana Sessions
Halladay Quist: The Ballad of Pretty Mae
7/12/2021 | 5m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Halladay Quist sings "The Ballad of Pretty Mae" along the shore of Flathead Lake.
The Montana Sessions is a collection of short films featuring some of Montana's finest musicians performing live in outdoor locations throughout the state.
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The Montana Sessions is a local public television program presented by Montana PBS
The Montana Sessions
Halladay Quist: The Ballad of Pretty Mae
7/12/2021 | 5m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
The Montana Sessions is a collection of short films featuring some of Montana's finest musicians performing live in outdoor locations throughout the state.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(water babbling) (gentle music) ♪ The wind is high ♪ You can hear it cry ♪ All the way to the cold, cold moon ♪ ♪ And I hurt inside ♪ In my heart tonight ♪ I feel like crying too (percussion music) ♪ 11 months and a day was all the judge had to say ♪ ♪ When they took young Dan and locked him away ♪ ♪ Weed was his crime and Dan did his time ♪ ♪ Thinkin' 'bout his pretty girl Mae ♪ ♪ When they gave back his clothes ♪ ♪ Put him out on the road ♪ Pretty Mae was waitin' in the car ♪ ♪ There's all kinds of free but the best had to be ♪ ♪ That first night back in Pretty Mae's arms ♪ ♪ They shacked up in a trailer backed up ♪ ♪ To the sandbar in Weeping Willow Creek ♪ ♪ The Creek ran low and the summer passed slow ♪ ♪ And there's never been a love so deep ♪ ♪ Hey hey hey hey yeah hey yo ♪ Hey hey hey hey lo ♪ Hey hey hey hey yeah hey yo ♪ Hey hey hey hey lo (percussion music) ♪ Deputy Ray had it bad for Pretty Mae ♪ ♪ Couldn't stand to see her with that ex-con ♪ ♪ Half a bottle of Scotch cradled in his crotch ♪ ♪ He headed out there with his blue lights on ♪ ♪ 30 aught six, thinkin' that would do the trick ♪ ♪ Run the bastard off down the road ♪ ♪ Deputy Ray could get it on with Pretty Mae ♪ ♪ But first the ex-con had to go ♪ ♪ Hey hey hey hey yeah hey-yo ♪ Hey hey hey hey-lo ♪ Hey hey hey hey yeah hey-yo ♪ Hey hey hey hey-lo (mellow music) ♪ Yeah hey lo (singer hums) ♪ Well Dan said to Ray, "What brings you out this way ♪ ♪ Pretty Mae is just fixin' up some grub" ♪ ♪ Ray was on a tear, Pretty Mae could hear him swear ♪ ♪ Just kept shoutin', and wavin' that gun ♪ ♪ No time to think, underneath the sink ♪ ♪ Pretty Mae kept a pistol of her own ♪ ♪ Shots were fired, broken glass, blown tire ♪ ♪ And only the willow would know ♪ ♪ They found a cruiser, a car ♪ An empty trailer by the sandbar ♪ ♪ Not another clue left behind ♪ Deputy Ray, young Dan and Pretty Mae ♪ ♪ Somebody lived, somebody most likely died ♪ ♪ Hey hey hey hey yeah hey yo ♪ Hey hey hey hey lo ♪ Hey hey hey hey yeah hey yo ♪ Hey hey hey hey lo ♪ Well, the wind is high, you can hear it cry ♪ ♪ All the way to the cold cold moon ♪ ♪ I hurt inside my heart tonight ♪ ♪ And I feel like cryin' too ♪ The wind is high, you can hear it cry ♪ ♪ All the way to the cold, cold moon ♪ ♪ I hurt inside, in my heart tonight ♪ ♪ And I feel like cryin' too ♪ Hey hey hey hey yeah hey yo ♪ Hey hey hey hey lo ♪ Hey hey hey hey hey hey yo ♪ And I feel like ♪ Cryin' ♪ Too
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