Knoxville Girl Lyrics

Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 20:44:02 -0600
From: roy kruse
Subject: i.e. CRD: Knoxville Girl by The Louvin Brothers
Knoxville Girl
By:
The Louvin Brothers
From:
Justin Kruse
kruse@telepath.com
I met a little girl from Knoxville town we all know well
And every Sunday evenin^� out in her home I dwelled
We went to take an evenin^� walk about a mile from town
I picked a stick up off the ground and knocked that fair girl down
She fell down on her bended knees for mercy she did cry
"Oh Willy dear don^�t kill me yet I^�m unprepared to die"
She never spoke another word, I only beat her more
Until the ground around me with it her blood did flow
I took her by her golden curls and drug her round and round
Throwing her into the river that flows through Knoxville town
Go down go down you Knoxville girl with dark and rollin^� eyes
Go down go down you Knoxville girl you can never be my bride
i started back to knoxville rigt there about midnight
my mother she was worried and woke up in a fright
saying dear son what have you done to bloody you clothes so
i told my ancient mother i was bleeding from my nose
I called for me a candle to light myself to bed
i called for a hankerchief to bind my aching head
rolled and tumbled the whole night through, though truble was for me
like flames of death around my head and then my eyes could see
They took me back to knoxville and put me in a cell
my friends all tried to get me out but none could go the bail
I'm here to waste my life away down in this dirty old jail
cause I murdered that old knoxville girl the girl I loved so well