Tecumseh Valley

	  		
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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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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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The coal was low and since 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 seeking 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 the times were hard Lord the 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 for Gypsy Sally. 

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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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When the word came down from Spencer. 

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She turned to whorin' out on the streets, 
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With all the lust inside her, 
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It was many a man returned again, 
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To lay himself beside her. 

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Well they found her down beneath the stairs, 
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That led to Gypsy Sally's, 
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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, 
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And her ways were free and it seemed to me, 
    G                      F   C 
The sunshine walked beside her.