Tecumseh Valley

Well, the name she gave was Caroline

Daughter of a miner

And her ways were free

And it seemed to me

That sunshine walked beside her

She 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 favours

And for a dime a day

And a place to stay

She'd turn those hands to labour

But the times were hard

And the jobs were few

All through Tecumseh Valley

So she asked around

'Til a job she found

Tending bar at Gypsy Sally

She saved enough to get back home

Spring replaced the winter

But her dreams were denied

Her pa died

The word come down from Spencer

So she took to workin' out on her own

With all the hate inside her

And it was many a man

Returned again

To lay himself beside her

Well, they found it down beneath the stairs

That led the Gypsy Sallys

In her hand when she died

Was a note that cried

Fairly well

Tecumseh Valley

Well, the name she gave was Caroline

Daughter of a miner

And her ways were free

And it seemed to me

The sunshine walked beside her