LOCATION: Northwest Louisiana
PERIOD: 1860s
DRAMATIS PERSONAE: Levi Motts (1843-1864); Ruby Robison (1845-1933 ); Coleman Broussard (1842-1910)
Levi Motts and Coleman Broussard were cousins, and each one loved Ruby Robison and she loved them both, as well. Levi and Cole were Confederates, and fought at Mansfield. But Levi died that afternoon, leaving Ruby and Cole to carry on together.
LEVI, RUBY, AND COLE
(F. D. Leone, Jr.)
Cole was strong and steady
Straight as a rail
Levi was born ready
Always raisin’ hell
Ruby loved Levi all the way
But Cole was who she chose
Levi might grow up some day
But, who knows
Ruby knew Cole loved her
But Levi charmed her heart
Cole was down to earth
Levi sparkled like a star
The War broke this trio up
Only one came back home
Ruby had two loves
Levi and Cole
Cole knew he and Ruby
Would never have
The kind of magic love
She and Levi had
Just taking care of her
For Cole, it was enough
He ain’ the apple of her youth
But theirs was also love
Ruby knew Cole loved her
But Levi charmed her heart
Cole was down to earth
Levi sparkled like a star
© 2018 Frank David Leone, Jr./Highway 80 Music (ASCAP). The songs and stories on the Highway 80 Stories website are works of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
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