Tecumseh Valley

Well, the name she gave was Caroline The daughter of a miner An' her ways were free, an' it seemed to me That sunshine walked beside her She comes from Spencer, across the hill She said her pa had sent her Cause the coal was low and soon the snow Would turn the skies to winter Well, she said, she'd come to look for work She was not seekin' favors For a dime a day and a place to stay She'd turn those hands to labor The times were hard, Lord and the jobs were few All through Tecumseh valley But she asked around till a job she found Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's Well, she saved enough to get back home When spring replaced the winter But her dreams were denied, her pa had died Well, the word come down from Spencer So she turned to whorin' out on the streets With all the lust inside her And it was many a man, returned again To lay himself beside her Well, they found her down beneath the stairs That led to Gypsy Sally's And in her hand when she died was a note that cried 'Fare Thee Well, Tecumseh Valley' Well, the name she gave was Caroline The daughter of a miner An' her ways were free, an' it seemed to me That sunshine walked beside her