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 
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seemed to me,
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The sunshine walked beside her,

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She come from Spencer across the 
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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 
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work,
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She was not seeking favors,
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For a dime a day and a place to 
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She'd turn those hands to labor.

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Well the times were hard Lord the 
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jobs were few,
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All through Tecumseh Valley,
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But she asked around and a job she
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 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
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 had died,
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When the word came down from 
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Spencer.

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She turned to whorin' out on the 
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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 
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the stairs,
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That led to Gypsy Sally's,
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In her hand when she died, was a 
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note that cried,
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Fare thee well Tecumseh Valley.

C                     F   C
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 
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seemed to me,
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The sunshine walked beside her.