Knoxville Girl-The Louvin Brothers

[00:09.07]I met a little girl in Knoxville [00:13.04]A town we all know well [00:17.01]And every Sunday evening [00:21.01]Out in her home I'd dwell [00:25.02]We went to take an evening walk [00:28.96]About a mile from town [00:32.92]I picked a stick up off the ground [00:36.84]And knocked that fair girl down [00:41.86]She fell down on her bended knees [00:45.85]For mercy she did cry [00:49.83]Oh, Willie dear, don't kill me here [00:53.87]I'm unprepared to die [00:57.92]She never spoke another word [01:01.82]I only beat her more [01:05.87]Until the ground around me [01:09.82]Within her blood did flow [01:23.28]I took her by her golden curls [01:27.08]And I drug her 'round and 'round [01:31.48]Throwing her into the river [01:35.10]That flows through Knoxville town [01:39.24]Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl [01:43.14]With the dark and rolling eyes [01:47.38]Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl [01:51.24]You can never be my bride [01:56.35]I started back to Knoxville [02:00.26]Got there about midnight [02:04.30]My mother she was worried [02:08.19]And woke up in a fright [02:12.55]Saying, "Dear son, what have you done [02:16.25]To bloody your clothes so?" [02:20.25]I told my anxious mother [02:24.10]I was bleeding at my nose [02:37.45]I called for me a candle [02:41.30]To light myself to bed [02:45.33]I called for me a handkerchief [02:49.27]To bind my aching head [02:53.67]Rolled and tumbled the whole night through [02:57.43]As troubles was for me [03:01.38]Like flames of hell around my bed [03:05.43]And in my eyes could see [03:10.50]They carried me down to Knoxville [03:14.35]And put me in a cell [03:18.49]My friends all tried to get me out [03:22.44]But none could go my bail [03:26.57]I'm here to waste my life away [03:30.51]Down in this dirty old jail [03:34.51]Because I murdered that Knoxville girl [03:38.60]The girl I loved so well