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