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One time I was down to Jamaica to a place called Rose Hall Plantation
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They grow a lot of sugarcane and tomatoes and things at Rose Hall now
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It used to be just a sugarcane plantation back in the days of slavery
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And they tell stories about the place and about the great house at Rose Hall
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That many many years ago they came from the country of Haiti
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A lady named Annie Palmer who lived in that great house there
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And she was a mistress of the plantation she was the boss her word was law
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Well they tell a lot of tales about Annie
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They say she had three husbands one at a time I guess
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But they also tell tales about Annie and the slaves
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There were about 5000 slaves on the plantation
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And she had her favorites and she had the ones that weren't her favorites
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Well down on the sea there're three tall palm trees wavin' in the breeze
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And they say that maybe Annie Palmer's three husbands are buried under those palm trees
On the i sland o f Jam aica quit a l ong long time ag o
At R ose H all plant ation where the o cean breezes b low
Lived a g irl named A nnie P almer the m istress of the p lace
And the sl aves all l ived in f ear to s ee a f rown on A nnie's f ace
W here's your husband A nnie where's n umber two and t hree
Are they sl eeping beneath the p alms beside t he Caribbean s ea
At n ight I hear you ri ding and I h ear your lovers c all
And I st ill can f eel your p resence ar ound the g reat house at R ose H all
Well if y ou should e ver g o to see the g reat house at Rose H all
There's exp ensive c hairs and c hina and great p aintings on the w all
They'll s how you a ny s itting room and the w hipping post outs ide
But t hey won't l et you s ee the r oom where A nnie's h usbands d ied
W here's your husband A nnie where's n umber two and t hree
Are they sl eeping beneath the p alms beside t he Caribbean s ea
At n ight I hear you ri ding and I h ear your lovers c all
And I st ill can f eel your p resence ar ound the g reat house at R ose H all
