Tecumseh Valley Songtext
von Heartworn

The name she gave was Caroline
The daughter of a miner
And her ways were free and it seemed to me
That the sunshine walked beside her
She′d come 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 favors
For a dime a day and a place to stay
She turned those hands to labor
Well times were hard, Lordy, and jobs were few
All through the Coomsa Valley
But she asked around and 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
No word came down from Spencer
Well she took to whorin' out in the streets
With all the lust inside her
And it was many a man who returned again
To lay themselves 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"
The name she gave was Caroline