Misc Unsigned Bands – Dickey Lee - Patches (Guitar)

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Down by the river that flows by the coal yards,

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stand wooden houses with shutters torn down. 

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There lives a girl everybody calls Patches. 

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Patches my darling of old Shanty town.

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We planned to marry when June brought the summer.

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I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride.

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Now I don't see how that ever can happen..

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My folks say no, and my heart breaks inside.

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Pat..ches, oh, what can I do? I swear I'll always love you.

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But a girl from that place would just bring me disgrace,

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so my folks won't let me love you.

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Each night I cry, as I think of that shanty.

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And pretty patches there watching the door. 

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She doesn't know that I can't come to see her..

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Patches must think, that I love her no  more.

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I hear a neighbor telling my father..

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He says a girl name of Patches was found,

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floating face down in that dirty old river,

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that flows by the coal yards in old Shan..ty town.

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Pat..ches, oh, what can I do? I swear I'll always love you.

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It may not be right but I'll join you tonight.. 

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Patches I'm coming to you.