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THE NAME SHE GAVE WAS CAROLINE 
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THE DAUGHTER OF A MINER 
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AND HER WAYS WERE FREE AND IT SEEMED TO ME 
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THE SUNSHINE WALKED BESIDE HER 
 
SHE CAME FROM SPENCER ?CROSS 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 SEEKING FAVORS 
FOR A DIME A DAY AND A PLACE TO STAY 
SHE?D TURN THOSE HANDS TO LABOR 
 
THE TIMES WERE HARD LORD, THE JOBS WERE FEW 
ALL THROUGH TECUMSEH VALLEY 
BUT SHE ASKED AROUND AND A JOB SHE FOUND 
TENDING BAR FOR GYPSY SALLY 
 
SHE SAVED ENOUGH TO GET BACK HOME 
WHEN SPRING REPLACED THE WINTER 
BUT HER DREAMS WERE DENIED, HER PA HAD DIED 
THE WORD CAME DOWN FROM SPENCER 
 
SHE TURNED TO WHORIN? OUT IN THE STREETS 
WITH ALL THE LIST INSIDE HER 
IT WAS MANY A MAN WHO RETURNED AGAIN 
TO LAY HIMSELF BESIDE HER 
 
WELL THEY FOUND HER DOWN BENEATH THE STAIRS 
THAT LED TO GYPSY SALLY?S 
IN HER HAND WHEN SHE DIED  
WAS A NOTE THAT CRIED 
FARE THEE WELL TECUMSEH VALLEY