Oh come all you young people, a story I will tell 
About a girl they called Naomi Wise 
Her face was fair and handsome: She was loved by everyone
In Randolph County now her body lies

They say she had a lover, young Lewis was his name
Each evening he would have her by his side
She learned to love and trust him and she believed his word
For he told her she was doomed to be his bride

One summer night he met her and took her fer a ride
She thought that she was going to be wed
They came to old Cheat River, and so the story goes
"You have met your doom," these words the villain said

She begged him just to spare her but the villain only laughed
They say he was heartless to the core
And in that stream he throwed her, below the old mill dam
And sweet Naomi's smile was seen no more

Young people, oh take warning and listen to what I say,
You must take care before it is too late ('fore it is too late)
Don't listen to some story a villain's tongue will tell
Or you are sure to meet Naomi's fate

Don't listen to some story a villian's tongue will tell
Or you are sure to meet Naomi's fate