Flora

(capo 1ª casa)

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When first I came to Louisville, 
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my fortune there to find,
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I met a fair young maiden there,
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 her beauty filled my mind.
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Her rosy cheek, her ruby lips, 
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they gave my heart no rest.
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The name she bore was 
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Flo------ra,       the lily of the 
west.

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I courted lovely Flora, she 
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promised ne'er to go.
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But soon a tale was told to me 
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that filled my heart with woe.
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They said she meets another man 
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who holds my love in jest.
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And yet I trusted Flo----ra,   
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     the lily of the west.

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'Way down in yonder shady grove, 
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a man of low degree,
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He spoke unto my Flora there and 
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kissed her 'neath a tree.
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The answers that she gave to him
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 like arrows pierced my breast.
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I was betrayed by Flo---ra,    
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    the lily of the west.

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I stepped up to my rival, my 
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dagger in my hand.
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I seized him by the collar and I 
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ordered him to stand.
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All in my desperation I stabbed
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 him in his breast.
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I'd killed a man for Flo---ra, 
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       the lily of the west.

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And then I had to stand my trial,
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 I had to make my plea.
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They placed me in a pris'ner's 
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dock and then commenced on me.
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Although she swore my life away, 
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deprived me of my rest.
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Still I love my faithless 
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Flo---ra,        the lily of the 
west.