Tecumseh Valley

Well, the name she gave was Caroline

The daughter of a miner

An' her ways were free, an' it seemed to me

That sunshine walked beside her

She comes 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

Well, she said, she'd come to look for work

She was not seekin' favors

For a dime a day and a place to stay

She'd turn those hands to labor

The times were hard, Lord and the jobs were few

All through Tecumseh valley

But she asked around till a job she found

Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's

Well, she saved enough to get back home

When spring replaced the winter

But her dreams were denied, her pa had died

Well, 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

Well, 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'

Well, the name she gave was Caroline

The daughter of a miner

An' her ways were free, an' it seemed to me

That sunshine walked beside her