Tecumseh Valley

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The name she gave was Caroline,    
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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 came 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 those skies to winter. 
    
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She said she'd come to look for work,   
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She was not seeking favor.    
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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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But the times were hard, Lord, and 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 at Gypsy Sally's. 
    
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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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The word come down from Spencer. 
    
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So she turned to whorin' out on the streets    
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With all the lust inside her    
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And it was many a man returned again    
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To lay himself 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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