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