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Thread #28033   Message #346703
Posted By: tar_heel
25-Nov-00 - 05:07 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Knoxville Girl
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Knoxville Girl
Hey mike. It's WILLIE, not JIMMY...WILLIE! Its WILLIE, in THE KNOXVILLE GIRL, song.... Also in DOWN IN THE WILLOW GARDEN (or, ROSE CONNELLY) and in ON THE BANKS OF THE OHIO! All of the murderers are named, WILLIE! (Oh Willie dear, don't kill me here, I'm not prepared to die) Knoxville girl, (I drew my knife, across her breast.... as into my arms she pressed.... she cried, oh Willie, don't you murder me.... I'm not prepared, for eternity!) Banks of the Ohio! (And now he waits at his cabin door...wiping his tear dimmed eyes, waiting for, Willie his son, upon the scaffold high) willow garden!