Tecumseh Valley

The name she gave was Caroline

The daughter of a miner

Well, her ways were free and it seemed to me

Sunshine walked beside her

She said she'd come to look for work

She was not seeking favors

For a dime a day and a place to stay

She'd turn those hands to labor

But the times were hard, Lord

And the jobs were few

All through Tecumseh Valley

But she asked around and a job she found

Tending bar for Gypsy Sally

She saved enough to get back home

When spring replaced the winter

But her dreams were denied, her pa had died

The word come down from Spencer

She turned to walkin' down the road

From all the hate inside her

And it was many a man returned again

To walk that road beside her

They found her down beneath the stairs

That led to Gypsy Sally's

In her hand when she died was a note that cried

Fare thee well, Tecumseh Valley