Hi Kevin
This is the song from the booklet along with the somewhat sparse note.
If you can find a way of contacting me, please do so and I may be able to help further
Jim Carroll


1.5    THE LILY OF THE WEST
1   I just came down from Lovers' Well some pleasure for to find,
A handsome girl from Michigan so pleasing to my mind;
With rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes this arrow's pierced my breast
And they called her handsome Mary, the Lily of the West.

2   I courted her for many a day, her love I thought to gain
But too soon she slighted me which caused me grief and pain;
She stole away my liberty and deprived me of my rest
And they called her handsome Mary, the Lily of the West.

3   As I roved out one evening down by a riverside
I spied a lord of a high degree conversing to my bride;
He sang a song so merrily whilst I was sore oppressed
And he sang to handsome Mary, Lily of the West

4   I rushed up to my rival, a dagger in my hand,
I tore her from his arms and boldly did him stab;
Being mad with desperation my dagger pierced his breast
And I was betrayed by Mary, the Lily of the West.


1.5    THE LILY OF THE WEST
Colm O Lochlainn published a version of this song in IRISH STREET BALLADS (p. 184) from a broadside source. In it the hapless young man is sent for trial but manages to go free because of a flaw in his indictment.