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Tecumseh Valley
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Guy Clark
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The name she gave was Caroline
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Daughter of a miner
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Her ways were free
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It seemed to me
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That sunshine walked beside her
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She came from Spencer
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Across the hill
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She said her pa had sent her
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'cause the coal was low
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And soon the snow
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Would turn the skies to winter
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She said she'd come
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To look for work
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She was not seeking favors
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And for a dime a day
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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,
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The jobs were few
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All through Tecumseh valley
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But she asked around
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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
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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
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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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In her hand when she died
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Was a note that cried
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Fare thee well
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Tecumseh valley
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The name she gave was Caroline
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Daughter of a miner
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Her ways were free
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It seemed to me
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That sunshine walked beside her
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