Tecumseh Valley - Live-Townes Van Zandt

[ti:Tecumseh Valley - Live] [ar:Townes Van Zandt] [al:Live At The Old Quarter, Houst] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tecumseh Valley - Live - Townes Van Zandt [00:13.44]Well the name she gave was Caroline [00:18.00] [00:21.75]The daughter of a miner [00:24.43] [00:26.78]An' her ways were free an' it seemed to me [00:31.97] [00:34.72]That sunshine walked beside her [00:38.96] [00:44.97]She comes from Spencer across the hill [00:49.06] [00:52.94]She said her pa had sent her [00:55.45] [00:58.07]'Cause the coal was low and soon the snow [01:02.90] [01:05.59]Would turn the skies to winter [01:09.15] [01:15.71]Well she said she'd come to look for work [01:19.50] [01:23.07]She was not seekin' favors [01:26.20] [01:28.25]For a dime a day and a place to stay [01:32.94] [01:35.75]She'd turn those hands to labor [01:39.47] [01:46.03]The times were hard Lord and the jobs were few [01:50.47] [01:53.89]All through Tecumseh valley [01:56.26] [01:58.95]But she asked around till a job she found [02:03.72] [02:06.53]Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's [02:10.59] [02:17.03]Well she saved enough to get back home [02:21.24] [02:24.89]When spring replaced the winter [02:27.51] [02:30.27]But her dreams were denied her pa had died [02:34.91] [02:37.47]Well the word come down from Spencer [02:41.42] [02:48.19]So she turned to whorin' out on the streets [02:52.31] [02:55.93]With all the lust inside her [02:58.87] [03:01.00]And it was many a man returned again [03:05.96] [03:08.65]To lay himself beside her [03:12.52] [03:18.89]Well they found her down beneath the stairs [03:23.40] [03:27.15]That led to Gypsy Sally's [03:29.27] [03:31.77]And in her hand when she died was a note that cried [03:37.21] [03:39.52]'Fare Thee Well Tecumseh Valley' [03:43.27] [03:49.71]Well the name she gave was Caroline [03:54.21] [03:58.27]The daughter of a miner [04:00.39] [04:02.90]An' her ways were free an' it seemed to me [04:07.83] [04:10.70]That sunshine walked beside her