Lyr. Add: DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE VIOLETS GROW
Written by Tommy Tucker, Arr. Jos. Schwenseck

Down in the valley where the violets grew
There's where I'd meet my love,
She's such a beauty with heart so true
Eyes like the stars above.
Strolling mid clover and jessamine,
Arm in arm we'd go,
There I would kiss this pretty queen,
And she would not say "No."

Chorus:
Oh my! how happy we would be
I sweetly kissed her and she kissed me,
Down in the valley where the violets grew,
Down in the valley where no one knew,
There I would meet my love so true,
Down in the valley where the violets grew.

Down in the valley one Summer's eve
She promised to be mine,
I told her that I never would deceive
Then our arms did entwine.
Soon I will make her my loving wife,
And to her now I go,
For she is waiting in the valley sweet,
Where the pretty violets grow.

New York, Wm. J. A. Lieder, 1882. Link to sheet music given by MMario, above.

("Down Where the Lilies Grow," completely unrelated, kept popping into my fingers and I had to retype violets when the line came up. It was one my grandmother liked to play.)