Flora-Toots Thielemans

[00:14.13]when first i came to louisville, [00:18.08]my fortune there to find, [00:21.16]i met a fair young maiden there, [00:25.16]her beauty filled my mind. [00:28.38]her rosy cheek, her ruby lips, [00:31.70]they gave my heart no rest. [00:34.96]the name she bore was flora, the lily of the west. [00:42.25] [00:46.25]i courted lovely flora, she promised ne'er to go. [00:53.07]but soon a tale was told to me that filled my heart with woe. [01:00.10]they said she meets another man who holds my love in jest. [01:06.67]and yet i trusted flora, the lily of the west. [01:13.31] [01:18.31]'way down in yonder shady grove, a man of low degree, [01:26.77]he spoke unto my flora there and kissed her 'neath a tree. [01:33.83]the answers that she gave to him like arrows pierced my breast. [01:40.64]i was betrayed by flora, the lily of the west. [01:48.07] [01:52.02]i stepped up to my rival, my dagger in my hand. [01:59.02]i seized him by the collar and i ordered him to stand. [02:05.10]all in my desperation i stabbed him in his breast. [02:13.53]i'd killed a man for flora, the lily of the west. [02:22.15] [02:25.76]and then i had to stand my trial, i had to make my plea. [02:34.11]they placed me in a pris'ner's dock and then commenced on me. [02:41.08]although she swore my life away, deprived me of my rest. [02:49.75]still i love my faithless flora, the lily of the west. [03:02.79]