The Knoxville Girl

Stonewall Jackson

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I II IV V

Verse 1

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 I met a little girl in Knoxville a town we all know well
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 And every Sunday evening out in her home I'd dwell
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 We went to take an evening walk about a mile from town
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 I thought of how she cheated me so I knocked that fair girl down

Verse 2

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 She fell down on her bended knees for mercy she did cry
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 Oh please my dear don't kill me here I'm unprepared to die
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 She never spoke another word I only beat her more
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 Until the ground around me with in her blood did flow

Verse 3

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 I took her by her golden curls and I dragged her round and round
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 Throwing her into the river that flows through Knoxville town
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 Go down go down you Knoxville girl with the dark and rovin' eyes
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 Go down go down you Knoxville girl you can never be my bride

Verse 4

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 I started back to Knoxville got there about daylight
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 My mother she was worried and woke up in a fright
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 Sayin' dear son what have you done too bloody your clothes so
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 I told my anxious mother I was bleeding at my nose

Verse 5

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 They took me down to Knoxville and they locked me in a cell
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 My friends all tried to get me out but none could go my bail
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 I'm here to waste my life away down in this dirty old jail
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 Because I killed that Knoxville girl the one I loved so well