Tecumseh Valley Lyrics

The name she gave was Caroline The daughter of a miner And her ways were free and it seemed to me The 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
She said, she'd come to look for work She was not seekin' favors For a dime a day and a place to stay Oh, she'd turn 'em hands to labor
Ah, but times were hard, jobs were few All through Tecumseh Valley But she asked around and a job she found Tendin' bar for Gypsy Sally
She saved enough to get back home When the spring replaced the winter But her dreams were denied, her pa had died The word had come down from Spencer
She took to whorin' out on the streets With all the lust inside her Many a man returned again Just to lay himself beside her
They found her down beneath the stairs That lead to Gypsy Sally's In her hand when she died was a note that cried Fare thee well, Tecumseh Valley