Flora

Peter, Paul and Mary

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1. When first I came to Louisville my fortune there to find 
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   I met a fair young maiden there her beauty filled my mind 
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   her rosy cheek her ruby lips they gave my heart no rest 
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   the name she bore was Flora the lily of the west. 
2. I courted lovely Flora she promised ne'er to go 
   but soon a tale was told to me that filled my heart with woe 
   they said she meets another man who holds my love in jest 
   and yet I trusted Flora the lily of the west. 
3. 'Way down in yonder shady grove a man of low degree 
   he spoke unto my Flora there and kissed her 'neath a tree 
   the answers that she gave to him like arrows pierced my breast 
   I was betrayed by Flora the lily of the west. 
4. I stepped up to my rival my dagger in my hand 
   I seized him by the collar and I ordered him to stand 
   all in my desperation I stabbed him in his breast 
   I'd killed a man for Flora the lily of the west. 
5. And then I had to stand my trial I had to make my plea 
   they placed me in a pris'ner's dock and then commended on me 
   although she swore my life away deprived me of my rest 
   still I love my faithless Flora the lily of the west. 
 

dne 15. 09. 2020