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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4C F C The name she gave was Caroline F C The daughter of a miner F And her ways were free C G/B Am And it seemed to me G F C That sunshine walked beside her C F C She come from Spencer, across the hill F C She said her pa had sent her F Cause the coal was low C G/B Am And soon the snow G F C Would turn the skies to winter. C F C She said she'd come to look for work F C She was not seekin' favors F And for a dime a day C G/B Am And a place to stay G F C She'd turn those hands to labor C F C The times were hard Lord, and the jobs were few F C All through Tecumseh Valley F But she asked around C G/B Am And a job she found G F C Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's C F C She saved enough to get back home F C When spring replaced the winter F But her dreams were denied C G/B Am Her pa had died G F C The word come down from Spencer. C F C So she turned to whorin' out on the streets F C With all the lust inside her F And it was many a man C G/B Am Who returned again G F C To lay himself beside her. C F C They found her down beneath the stairs F C That led to Gypsy Sally's F And in her hand when she died C G/B Am Was a note that cried G F C Fare-thee-well, Tecumseh Valley C F C The name she gave was Caroline F C The daughter of a miner F And her ways were free C G/B Am And it seemed to me G F C That sunshine walked beside her