Judy Collins – Lily Of The Valley (Guitar)

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Lily of the Valley

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Lily of the Valley

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Lily of the Valley

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They called her Lily of the Valley and she lived beside the river

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The youngest of her sisters and the prettiest of them all

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She was courted by the men in town, she could have married anyone

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The one she made her husband was the handsomest of all

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They were married in a chapel, Lily bore him seven children

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And every night he put her down and made her feel ashamed

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He took the face she used to wear and put a look of sorrow there

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The more he made her suffer, the more she felt to blame

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No more tears Lily, don't cry anymore

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Tears of yours won't fall another time

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Don't cry Lilly, we know how you've tried

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Fighting for your life was not a crime

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One night Lily turned to him, before he raised his hand to her

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One more time she said, "And not again"

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He laughed and threw another punch, the blow knocked Lily to the floor

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Somehow she grabbed the kitchen knife and stabbed her husband dead

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The jury they decided it was murder in the first degree

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They said she had provoked him with her wild and wicked talk

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They hanged her by the river where so many times she wandered

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They left her children motherless, in sorrow and in shock

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No more tears Lily, don't cry anymore

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Tears of yours won't fall another time

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Don't cry Lilly, we know how you've tried

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Fighting for your life was not a crime

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A soldier in a uniform is meant to kill the enemy

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But Lilly, in her own defence, was framed to take the fall

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Her children watched their father beat their mother all too often

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The battlefields of families are the saddest of them all

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The willow weeps for Lily as its branches touch the water

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The wind is crying, "Lily", as it sighs along the shore

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The river's singing, "Lily, we all know that you are innocent

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You were promised marriage, but you had to fight a war"

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No more tears Lily, don't cry anymore

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Tears of yours won't fall another time

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Don't cry Lilly, we know how you tried

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Fighting for your life was not a crime

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Lily of the Valley

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Lily of the Valley

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Lily of the Valley