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tecumseh valley Nanci Griffith
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # Received: from animal-farm.nevada.edu by redrock.nevada.edu (5.65c/M1.4) with SMTP id ; Wed, 5 May 1993 17:19:22 -0700 Received: from cats.UCSC.EDU by animal-farm.nevada.edu id ; Wed, 5 May 1993 17:19:14 -0700 Received: from am.UCSC.EDU by cats.UCSC.EDU with SMTP id AA29593; Wed, 5 May 93 17:19:10 -0700 Received: by am.ucsc.edu (5.65/4.7) id AA26041; Wed, 5 May 93 17:19:10 -0700 Date: Wed, 5 May 93 17:19:10 -0700 Message-Id: To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu Subject: /Griffith.Nanci/TecumsehValley.crd TECUMSEH VALLEY C C F C The name she gave was Caroline F F C C Daughter of a miner F F Em Am And her ways were free and it seemed to me G G F F C C The sunshine walked beside her She came from Spencer across the hill She said her Pa had sent her 'Cause the coal was low and soon the snow Would turn the skies to winter She said she'd come to look for work She was not seeking favor For a dime a day and a place to stay She turned those hands to labor But the times were hard, Lord, and the jobs were few All through Tecumseh Valley She'd ask around, and a job she found Tendin' bar at Gypsy Sally's She saved enough to get back home And spring replaced the winter But her dreams were denied, her Pa had died The word come down from Spencer So she turned to whorin' out on the streets With all the lust inside her And it was many a man returned again To lay himself beside her They found her down beneath the stairs That led to Gypsy Sally's And in her hand when she died was a note that cried "Fare thee well, Tecumseh Valley". -instrumental verse- -repeat first verse- Back to index / g / griffith_nan
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