Tecumseh Valley-Nanci Griffith

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[00:00.00]Tecumseh Valley - Nanci Griffith
[00:07.85]The name she gave
[00:10.75]Was caroline
[00:13.81]Daughter of a miner
[00:19.88]And her ways were free
[00:23.24]And it seemed to me
[00:26.64]The sunshine
[00:29.52]Walked beside her
[00:37.46]She came to spencer
[00:40.87]Across the hill
[00:43.08]She said her
[00:45.46]Pa had sent her
[00:49.26]'cause the coal was low
[00:52.81]And soon the snow
[00:56.13]Would turn the
[00:58.59]Skies to winter
[01:06.70]She said she's come
[01:09.89]To look for work
[01:12.23]She was not seeking favors
[01:18.38]For a dime a day and a place to stay
[01:25.18]She'd turn those hands to labor
[01:35.58]But the times were hard lord and the jobs were
[01:39.74]Few
[01:40.97]All through tecumseh valley
[01:47.54]But she asked around and a job she found
[01:53.63]Tending bar at gypsy sally's
[02:04.76]She saved enough to get back home
[02:10.32]When spring replaced the winter
[02:16.52]But her dreams were denied her pa had died
[02:23.00]The word come down from spencer
[02:33.26]So she turned a whorin' out on the streets
[02:39.29]With all the lust inside her
[02:45.22]And it was many a man returned again
[02:51.96]To lay himself beside her
[03:02.49]They found her down beneath the stairs
[03:08.23]That led to gypsy sally's
[03:14.10]In her hand when she died was a note that
[03:19.17]Cried
[03:20.52]Fare thee well tecumseh valley
[03:57.06]The name she gave was caroline
[04:02.89]Daughter of a miner
[04:08.91]And her ways were free and it seemed to me
[04:15.29]The sunshine walked beside her