Tecumseh Valley-Scott Kelly

[ti:Tecumseh Valley] [ar:Scott Kelly] [al:Songs of Townes Van Zandt] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.05]Tecumseh Valley - Scott Kelly [00:00.10]Written by：Townes Van Zandt [00:00.20] [00:01.47]The name she gave [00:04.59] [00:07.14]Was Caroline [00:09.55] [00:14.70]Daughter of a miner [00:19.47] [00:24.77]Her ways were free [00:27.42] [00:28.76]It seemed to me [00:33.79] [00:34.96]That sunshine walked beside her [00:41.39] [00:54.17]She came from Spencer [00:57.43] [00:59.80]Across the hill [01:02.37] [01:07.09]She said her pa had sent her [01:11.75] [01:17.23]'Cause the coal was low [01:20.43] [01:21.78]And soon the snow [01:26.32] [01:27.43]Would turn [01:29.09] [01:31.99]The skies to winter [01:35.63] [01:47.10]She said she'd come [01:49.93] [01:53.05]To look for work [01:55.55] [02:00.60]She was not seeking favors [02:05.54] [02:10.74]For a dime a day [02:13.59] [02:15.13]And a place to stay [02:19.66] [02:20.69]She'd turn [02:23.10] [02:25.34]Those hands to labor [02:28.84] [02:39.84]The times were hard [02:42.81] [02:45.48]The jobs were few [02:48.76] [02:52.87]All through Tecumseh valley [02:57.20] [03:02.75]But she asked around [03:05.03] [03:06.73]And a job she found [03:11.17] [03:11.86]Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's [03:21.41] [03:31.30]She saved enough [03:34.38] [03:36.84]To get back home [03:39.86] [03:44.39]When spring replaced the winter [03:49.03] [03:54.13]But her dreams were denied [03:57.34] [03:58.34]Her pa had died [04:02.16] [04:04.23]The word [04:05.86] [04:08.80]Come down from Spencer [04:13.03] [04:22.60]So she turned to whorin' [04:25.82] [04:28.05]Out on the streets [04:31.11] [04:35.54]With all the lust inside her [04:40.13] [04:45.31]It was many a man [04:47.49] [04:49.42]Returned again [04:53.65] [04:55.53]To lay himself beside her [05:03.87] [05:14.77]They found her down beneath the stairs [05:23.49] [05:28.23]That led to Gypsy Sally's [05:32.87] [05:38.24]In her hand when she died [05:41.83] [05:42.60]Was a note that cried [05:47.11] [05:47.62]Fare thee well [05:49.39] [05:53.10]Tecumseh valley [05:57.17] [06:08.60]The name she gave [06:11.38] [06:14.50]Was Caroline [06:17.02] [06:22.12]Daughter of a miner [06:26.90] [06:32.19]Her ways were free [06:35.84] [06:36.89]It seemed to me [06:42.41] [06:43.61]That sunshine [06:46.28] [06:49.17]Walked beside her