Tecumseh Valley

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                The name she gave
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 was Caroline
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                Daughter of a 
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miner
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                And her ways were 
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free and it seemed to me
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                The sunshine 
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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

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                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".