Tecumseh Valley
Townes Van Zandt

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The name she gave was Caroline
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The daughter of a miner
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And her ways were free and it seemed to me
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That the sunshine walked beside her

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She come from Spencer, across the hill
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She said her pa had sent her
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Cause the coal was low and soon the snow
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Would turn the skies to winter

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She said she'd come to look for work
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She was not seekin' favors
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For a dime a day and a place to stay
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She'd turn those hands to labor

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Well times were hard, lord, and jobs were few
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All through Tecumseh Valley
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But she asked around and a job she found
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Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's

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Well she saved enough to get back home
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When spring replaced the winter
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But her dreams were denied - Her pa had died
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The word came down from Spencer

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Well she took to whoring out in the streets
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With all the grief inside her
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And it was many a man who returned again
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To walk that road beside her
 
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They found her down beneath the stairs
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That led to Gypsy Sally's
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And in her hand when she died was a note that cried
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Fare-thee-well, Tecumseh Valley

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The name she gave was Caroline
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The daughter of a miner
        F                     C/G       Am
And her ways were free and it seemed to me
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That the sunshine walked beside her