An amazing song by Miss Brooke, I had trouble with a few words of lyrics but 99% are here.
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I met a little girl in Knoxville, the town we all know well
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and every Sunday evening, out in her home they dwell
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We went to take an evening walk, about a mile from town
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I picked a stick up off the ground, and I beat that fair girl down
she fell down on her bended knees, for mercy she did cry
oh please oh please don't kill me here, I'm unprepared to die
she never spoke another word, i only beat her more
Until the ground around us, with all her blood did pour
I took her by her golden curls, drugged her round and round
throwing her into the river, that flows through Knoxville town
go down go down you Knoxville girl, with the dark and rolling eyes
go down go down you Knoxville girl, you can never be his bride
Well i headed back to Knoxville, got there bout midnight
My mother she was worried, And woke up in a fright
Saying dear girl what have you done, to bloody your clothes so
I told my anxious mother i was bleeding out my nose
I called for me a candle, to light myself to bed
i called for me a handkerchief to bind my aching head
Rolled and tumbled the whole night through, trouble was for me
like flames of hell around my bed, and then my eyes could see
They carried me back to Knoxville, and put me in a cell
My friends all tried to get me out, but none could go my bail
I'm here to waste my life away, down in this dirty old jail
because I murdered that Knoxville girl, the girl he loved so well
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