Darcy Farrow

Written by Steve Gillette, Tom Campbell

Key of D · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

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Where the Walker runs down to the Carson Valley plain,
      G     D         D5    D4     D   A
There lived a maiden, Darcy Farrow was her name
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The daughter of old Dundee and fair was she
    G   A        D      G    D       A    D
And the sweetest flower that bloomed o’er the range.

Verse 2

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Her voice was sweet as the sugar candy
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Her touch was as soft as a bed of goose down.
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Her eyes shone bright like the pretty lights
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That shine in the night out of Yerrington town.

Verse 3

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She was courted by young Vandermeer
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And quite handsome was he I am to hear
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He brought her silver rings and lacy things
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And she promised to wed before the snows fell that year.

Verse 4

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But her pony did stumble and she did fall.
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Her dyin’ touched on the heart of us all.
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Young Vandy in his pain put a bullet to his brain
       G      A    D        G  D   A     D
And we buried them together as the snows began to fall.

Verse 5

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They sing of Darcy Farrow where the Truckee runs through
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They sing of her beauty in Virginia City too.
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At dusty Sundown to her name they drink a round
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And to young Vandy whose love was true.