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Flora the Lily of the West
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Joan Baez
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Flora the Lily of the West (Traditional)
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When first I came to Louisville
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Some pleasure there to find
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A damsel there from Lexington
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Was pleasing to my mind
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Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips,
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Like arrows pierced my breast
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And the name she bore was Flora
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The lily of the West
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I courted lovely Flora
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Some pleasure there to find
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But she turned unto another man
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Which sore distressed my mind
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She robbed me of my liberty
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Deprived me of my rest
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Then go, my lovely Flora
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The lily of the West
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Way down in yonder shady grove
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A man of high degree
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Conversing with my Flora there
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It seems so strange to me
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And the answer that she gave to him
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It sore did me oppress
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I was betrayed by Flora
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The lily of the West
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I stepped up to my rival
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My dagger in my hand
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I seized him by the collar
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And I boldly bade him stand
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Being mad to desperation
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I pierced him in the breast
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Then go, my lovely Flora
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The lily of the West
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And I had to stand my trial
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I had to make my plea
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They placed me in the camera box
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And then commenced on me
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Although she swore my life away
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Deprived me of my rest
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Still I love my faithless Flora
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The lily of the West
JOAN BAEZ ~ The Lily Of The West ~
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