OVER THE HILLS OF ST. CROIX

a.k.a. PHANTOMS

Version 3

Well Billy he blew his hard books
Great swimming days in the river
??? above the water
Calls softly to the shore
Now the ??? break through
In the darkness to wake the day too
Those pythons fly in slick formation
Over the hills of St Croix

Now they don't hide their hardware
But those South men don't come with fear
So those freedom cruisers all slip away
Over the hills as they go down river

While a Middletown guy sat on a stony highway
Needing for something to come on down
And his dreams so fill of crazy visions
Of those white ladies in their evening gowns
They like wanderin' the hills

Ah he looks up at 'em above the walls
Until he sees trouble
Dripped a little light water in her hand
And he hear's them "Hey Billy"
He hears them calling "Going back to the land"
And he cries "Hey Billy, ho ho, ho ho"
Ah thats what they call
Ho ho, ho ho
Are you gonna swim across
Over the hills of St Croix

Along the blue horizon
They skipped and ran away to the river
Those python troopers saw them
Laid awake up on the shore
Now the ???
Them pythons still wait to race you
Those pythons fly in strict formation
Over the hills of St Croix
Those phantoms fly in strict formation
Over the hills of St Croix
Those phantom jets fly in strict formation
Over the hills of St Croix

Version 1 and version 2 are also available. Sometimes in this song, 'St. Croix' is replaced by 'St. George', and then the song is referred as OVER THE HILLS OF ST. GEORGE.

Although the arrangement is identical to ZERO AND BLIND TERRY, the lyrics are far removed from the more well known version, although the basic theme running through both tracks is essentially the same, that of lovers separated by powers larger than themselves.