Townes Van Zandt — Tecumseh Valley Acoustic Live

Well, the name she gave was Caroline The daughter of a miner And her ways were free and it seemed to me That sunshine walked beside her She come from Spencer across the hill She said her pa had sent her But 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 And for a dime a day and a place to stay She'd turn those hands to labor But the times were hard, Lord, and the jobs were few All through Tecumseh Valley But she asked around and a job she found Tending bar for Gypsy Sally Well, she saved enough to get back home When spring replaced the winter But her dreams were denied, her pa had died Ah, the word come down from Spencer Well, she turned to whorin out on the streets With all the lust inside her It was many a man returned again Ah, to lay himself beside her They found her down beneath the stairs That led to Gypsy Sally's 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 And her ways were free and it seemed to me That sunshine walked beside her