This is the story of Nashville’s most famous murder trial. In 1913, Anna Dotson received five days in jail for the murder of Charlie Cobb, the owner of Jackson’s Barbershop (located next to Union Station, where the Frist Center for the Visual Arts is now). Both parties were married to other people. Anna claimed insanity brought on by fear that Charlie was about to reveal the affair to Anna’s husband, a friend of his and respectable citizen of nearby Gallatin. In the end, Anna’s husband helped her avoid prison time, hiring the best attorneys in town. They remained married, and the sensational trial became a focal point for visiting suffragettes who wore yellow ribbons in their hair at the trial to show support for women’s rights.
I’ll take you back to when we used to dream
on the old Dixie Flyer all metal and steam
and I used to love you
the Herald shot you looking down in a prayer
my ring on your hand yellow rose in your hair
and I used to love you
I used to love you and maybe I will
after the ghosts leave this home
I will make sure you walk out of here
and the barber’s wife will die alone
They say that I’ve lost you and maybe I have
I can’t sleep at all and I don’t give a damn
and I used to love you
cause it’s hell here without you and hell in this house
forgive and forget is the only way out
and I used to love you
I used to love you and maybe I will
after the ghosts leave this home
I will make sure you walk out of here
and the barber’s wife will die alone
And it could have been my should have been my
could have been my should have been my hand on the gun
I’ll take you back to when we used to dream
on the old Dixie Flyer all metal and steam
I used to love you
