Lily of the Valley chords by Judy Collins
Verse 1
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Lily of the valley,
lily of the valley,
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lily of the valley.
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They called her lily of the valley
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and she lived beside the river.
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The youngest of her sisters
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and the prettiest of them all
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She was courted by the men in town,
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she could have married anyone
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The one she made her husband
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was the handsomest of all
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They were married in a chapel,
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Lily bore him seven children
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And every night he put her down
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and made her feel ashamed
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He took the face she used to wear
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and put a look of sorrow there
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The more he made her suffer,
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the more she fell to blame
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No more tears, Lily,
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don't cry anymore
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Tears of yours won't
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fall another time
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Don't cry, Lily,
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we know how you've tried
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Fighting for your life was not a crime
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One night Lily turned to him
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before he raised his hand to her
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One more time, she said,
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and not again
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He laughed and threw an other punch
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The blow knocked Liddy to the floor
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Somehow she grabbed the kitchen knife
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And stabbed her husband dead
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The jury, they decided it was murder
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In the first degree they said
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she had provoked him
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with her wild and wicked talk
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They hanged her by the river
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where so many times she wandered
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They left her children motherless
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in sorrow and in shock
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No more tears,
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Don't cry anymore
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Tears of yours won't
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fall another time
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Don't cry, Lily,
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we know how you've tried
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Fighting for your life was not a crime
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A soldier in a uniform
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is meant to kill the enemy
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But Lily in her own defense
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was framed to take the fall
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Her children watched their father
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beat their mother all too often
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The battlefields of families
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are the saddest of them all
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The willow weeps for Lily
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as its branches touch the water
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The wind is crying, Lily,
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as it sighs along the shore.
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The river's singing, Lily,
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we all know that you are innocent.
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You were promised marriage,
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but you had to fight a war.
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No more tears, Lily,
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don't cry anymore.
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Tears of yours won't
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fall another time
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Don't cry,
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we know how you tried
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Fighting for your life was not a crime
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Lily of the valley, Lily of the valley
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Lady of the Valley
Outro 1
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Lily of the Valley
Judy Collins
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