Tecumseh Valley-Nanci Griffith

[ti:Tecumseh Valley] [ar:Nanci Griffith] [al:Other Voices Other Rooms] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tecumseh Valley - Nanci Griffith (南西·葛瑞芬) [00:07.85]The name she gave [00:09.24] [00:10.75]Was caroline [00:12.68] [00:13.81]Daughter of a miner [00:17.86] [00:19.88]And her ways were free [00:22.32] [00:23.24]And it seemed to me [00:25.73] [00:26.64]The sunshine [00:28.16] [00:29.52]Walked beside her [00:31.28] [00:37.46]She came to spencer [00:38.85] [00:40.87]Across the hill [00:42.27] [00:43.08]She said her [00:45.46]Pa had sent her [00:47.21] [00:49.26]'cause the coal was low [00:51.69] [00:52.81]And soon the snow [00:55.26] [00:56.13]Would turn the [00:57.11] [00:58.59]Skies to winter [01:00.43] [01:06.70]She said she's come [01:07.96] [01:09.89]To look for work [01:11.15] [01:12.23]She was not seeking favors [01:16.46] [01:18.38]For a dime a day and a place to stay [01:24.07] [01:25.18]She'd turn those hands to labor [01:29.42] [01:35.58]But the times were hard lord and the jobs were [01:39.74]Few [01:40.31] [01:40.97]All through tecumseh valley [01:45.52] [01:47.54]But she asked around and a job she found [01:53.02] [01:53.63]Tending bar at gypsy sally's [01:58.83] [02:04.76]She saved enough to get back home [02:09.24] [02:10.32]When spring replaced the winter [02:14.90] [02:16.52]But her dreams were denied her pa had died [02:21.99] [02:23.00]The word come down from spencer [02:27.57] [02:33.26]So she turned a whorin' out on the streets [02:38.03] [02:39.29]With all the lust inside her [02:43.57] [02:45.22]And it was many a man returned again [02:50.63] [02:51.96]To lay himself beside her [02:56.02] [03:02.49]They found her down beneath the stairs [03:07.30] [03:08.23]That led to gypsy sally's [03:12.92] [03:14.10]In her hand when she died was a note that [03:19.17]Cried [03:19.99] [03:20.52]Fare thee well tecumseh valley [03:25.19] [03:57.06]The name she gave was caroline [04:01.67] [04:02.89]Daughter of a miner [04:06.79] [04:08.91]And her ways were free and it seemed to me [04:14.30] [04:15.29]The sunshine walked beside her