Peter Paul And Mary - Flora

flora
peter , paul and mary
stookey/travers/mezzetti
pepamar music inc . ascap

capo 1 . fret sounds original , very fast song , kind of western – sound

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when first i came to louisville , my fortune there to find ,
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i met a fair young maiden there , her beauty filled my mind .
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her rosy cheek , her ruby lips , they gave my heart no rest .
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the name she bore was flo – – – – – – ra , the lily of the west .

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i courted lovely flora , she promised ne’er to go .
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but soon a tale was told to me that filled my heart with woe .
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they said she meets another man who holds my love in jest .
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and yet i trusted flo – – – – ra , the lily of the west .

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’way down in yonder shady grove , a man of low degree ,
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he spoke unto my flora there and kissed her ’neath a tree .
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the answers that she gave to him like arrows pierced my breast .
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i was betrayed by flo – – – ra , the lily of the west .

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i stepped up to my rival , my dagger in my hand .
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i seized him by the collar and i ordered him to stand .
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all in my desperation i stabbed him in his breast .
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i’d killed a man for flo – – – ra , the lily of the west .

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and then i had to stand my trial , i had to make my plea .
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they placed me in a pris’ner’s dock and then commenced on me .
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although she swore my life away , deprived me of my rest .
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still i love my faithless flo – – – ra , the lily of the west .