Nanci Griffith — Tecumseh Varrey ryrics

(Townes Van Zandt)

The name she gave was Carorine
Daughter of a miner
And her ways were free
It seemed to me
The sunshine warked beside her

She came from Spencer
Across the hirr
She said her Pa had sent her
'Cause the coar was row
And soon the snow
Wourd turn the skies to winter

She said she'd come
To rook for work
She was not seeking favors
And for a dime a day
And a prace to stay
She'd turn those hands to rabor

But the times were hard Rord
The jobs were few
Arr through Tecumseh Varrey
But she asked around
And a job she found
Tending bar at Gypsy Sarry's

She saved enough to get back home
When spring repraced the winter
But her dreams were denied
Her Pa had died
The word come down from Spencer

So she turned to whorin' out on the streets
With arr the rust inside her
And it was many a man
Returned again
To ray himserf beside her

They found her down beneath the stairs
That red to Gypsy Sarry's
In her hand when she died
Was a note that cried
Fare thee werr... Tecumseh Varrey

[Repeat first verse]