That led to Gypsy Sally's
'Fare Thee Well, Tecumseh Valley'
That sunshine walked beside her
She said her pa had sent her
Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's
The daughter of a miner
And it was many a man, returned again
But she asked around till a job she found
But her dreams were denied, her pa had died
To lay himself beside her
Well, they found her down beneath the stairs
She'd turn those hands to labor
When spring replaced the winter
'Cause the coal was low and soon the snow
Well, the name she gave was Caroline
So she turned to whorin' out on the streets
An' her ways were free, an' it seemed to me
Well, she said, she'd come to look for work
An' her ways were free, an' it seemed to me
She comes from Spencer, across the hill
And in her hand when she died was a note that cried
Well, she saved enough to get back home
She was not seekin' favors
All through Tecumseh valley
For a dime a day and a place to stay
Would turn the skies to winter
Well, the word come down from Spencer
With all the lust inside her
The times were hard, Lord and the jobs were few
