[00:14.13]When first I came to Louisville,
[00:18.08]my fortune there to find,
[00:21.16]I met a fair young maiden there,
[00:25.16]her beauty filled my mind.
[00:28.38]Her rosy cheek, her ruby lips,
[00:31.70]they gave my heart no rest.
[00:34.96]The name she bore was Flora, the lily of the west.
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[00:46.25]I courted lovely Flora, she promised ne'er to go.
[00:53.07]But soon a tale was told to me that filled my heart with woe.
[01:00.10]They said she meets another man who holds my love in jest.
[01:06.67]And yet I trusted Flora, the lily of the west.
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[01:18.31]'Way down in yonder shady grove, a man of low degree,
[01:26.77]He spoke unto my Flora there and kissed her 'neath a tree.
[01:33.83]The answers that she gave to him like arrows pierced my breast.
[01:40.64]I was betrayed by Flora, the lily of the west.
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[01:52.02]I stepped up to my rival, my dagger in my hand.
[01:59.02]I seized him by the collar and I ordered him to stand.
[02:05.10]All in my desperation I stabbed him in his breast.
[02:13.53]I'd killed a man for Flora, the lily of the west.
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[02:25.76]And then I had to stand my trial, I had to make my plea.
[02:34.11]They placed me in a pris'ner's dock and then commenced on me.
[02:41.08]Although she swore my life away, deprived me of my rest.
[02:49.75]Still I love my faithless Flora, the lily of the west.
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