Tecumseh Valley

[C]  The name she g[C]ave[F] was Caro[C]line
                [F]Daughter[F] of a [C]miner [C]
                And her [F]ways were [F]free and it [Em]seemed to me[Am]
                [G]The sunshine[G] walked be[F]side her [F]        [C]              [C]

                She came 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

                She said she'd come to look for work
                She was not seeking favor
                For a dime a day and a place to stay
                She turned those hands to labor

                But the times were hard, Lord, and the jobs were few
                All through Tecumseh Valley
                She'd ask around, and a job she found
                Tendin' bar at Gypsy Sally's

                She saved enough to get back home
                And spring replaced the winter
                But her dreams were denied, her Pa had died
                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

                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".