LILY OF THE WEST

PETER, PAUL AND MARY

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When first I came to Loui sville, my fo rtune there to f ind,

I m et a fair young ma iden th ere, her be auty fil led my mind.

Her rosy cheek, her rub y lips , the y gave my hear t no rest.

The name she bore was Flor a, the L ily of the West.

I courted lovely Flora, she promised never 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.

'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.

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.

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 commenced on me.

Although she swore my life away, deprived me of my rest,

Still I love my faithless Flora, the lily of the west.

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