Lily Of The West chords by Pernell Roberts

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Verse 1
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When first I come to Louisville,
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some pleasure there to find
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A damsel there from Lexington
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was pleasing to  my mind
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Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips
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like arrows pierced my breast
And the name she bore was Flora,
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the Lily of the West.
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I   courted lovely Flora,
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some pleasure there to find,
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But she turned unto another man,
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which sore distressed my mind.
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She robbed me of my liberty,
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deprived me  of my rest,
Emgo, my lovely Flora,
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the lily of the West.
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Way down in yonder shady grove,
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a man of high degree
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Conversin' with my Flora there,
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it seemed so strange to me
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And the answer that she gave to him,
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it sore did me  a press
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I was betrayed by Flora,
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the lily of the west
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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,
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and I boldly made him stand.
Being mad to desperation,
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I  pierced him in  the breast.
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Then go, my lovely four,
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o  'er the lily of  the west
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I  had to stand my trial,
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I had to make my plea
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They placed me in the criminal box
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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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Lily of the West.