Townes Van Zandt - Tecumseh Valley (Official Audio)

"Tecumseh Valley" from Townes Van Zandt's album Our Mother the Mountain
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Lyrics:
The name she gave was Caroline
Daughter of a miner
Her ways were free
It seemed to me
That sunshine walked beside her
She came from Spencer
Across the hill
She said her pa had sent her
'cause the coal was low
And soon the snow
Would turn the skies to winter
She said she'd come
To look for work
She was not seeking favors
And for a dime a day
And a place to stay
She'd turn those hands to labor
But the times were hard, Lord,
The jobs were few
All through Tecumseh valley
But she asked around
And a job she found
Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's
She saved enough to get back home
When spring replaced the winter
But her dreams were denied
Her pa had died
The word come down from Spencer
So she turned to whorin' out on the streets
With all the lust inside her
And it was many a man
Returned again
To lay himself beside her
They found her down beneath the stairs
That led to Gypsy Sally's
In her hand when she died
Was a note that cried
Fare thee well
Tecumseh valley
The name she gave was Caroline
Daughter of a miner
Her ways were free
It seemed to me
That sunshine walked beside her
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[@davidmarine5159]

This song always makes me cry.. Incredible songwriting

[@mortygoldmacher]

The song's narrator is one of the many men who returned again... He can't be sure her name was Caroline, the name she gave him.

[@PoetClbrown]

Wow! Never picked up on that

[@PoetClbrown]

Towns was a master of his craft. This man moves me from place to place each time I listen to him. A master storyteller, a poet, and damn F-ing great musician. I am blessed to have been introduced to his music maybe 2 years ago. God knows how many poems I've written listening to this man letting his heart loose 🙏🏾

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Very well said you, you have read my mind, Your high praise of Townes Van Zandt is true and honest just like the man Townes

[@PoetClbrown]

@@jamesbradshaw3389 🙏🏾

[@saswildman]

Beautiful I was working in a CD factory 20 years ago when I found his CD never stopped listening

[@ronhartley8097]

i can't believe how few have heard his music

[@donknight441]

I first his music in my late forties and I just love it

[@713lou]

Nobody prior or after will compare.

[@joannabreaks435]

The turn it takes and how he says "so she turned to whorin'"it's absolutely spectacular probably my favorite musical moment ever

[@thomasmccue2136]

The Man can break your heart. I miss him.

[@ruthdixon7807]

an early sad story but poignant truth rather than country hard corn.

[@rockers2rockers616]

Woah! What a beautiful song...

[@biadziane5710]

Good music ❤

[@burrencrawler]

Top songwriting alight, steve earle did it justice too

[@samanthatate1658]

Fairthy weel tucumseh valley i'm crying😢

[@jennypiper377]

EPIC XXXXXXXXXXX. RIP TVZ

[@stephensaletta]

Love that guy❤❤

[@Bobmacca64]

What a sad but fantastic song. Rip Townes.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

I am with you all the way, God blessed Townes with many gifts and he used them to the full and gave them back to the people

[@arlene1858]

My heart skipped a beat. Awesome sunshine. ❤

[@danielacalabrese2182]

Sono qui grazie ad un libro che sto leggendo

[@esmit2373]

You're one of the best Townes! I love your songs

[@peacethroughacoustics3163]

I hope he sees this bro 🙏

[@amstoz]

The name she gave was Caroline Daughter of a miner Her ways were free It seemed to me That sunshine walked beside her She came from Spencer Across the hill She said her pa had sent her 'cause the coal was low And soon the snow Would turn the skies to winter She said she'd come To look for work She was not seeking favors And for a dime a day And a place to stay She'd turn those hands to labor But the times were hard, Lord, The jobs were few All through Tecumseh valley But she asked around And a job she found Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's She saved enough to get back home When spring replaced the winter But her dreams were denied Her pa had died The word come down from Spencer So she turned to whorin' out on the streets With all the lust inside her And it was many a man Returned again To lay himself beside her They found her down beneath the stairs That led to Gypsy Sally's In her hand when she died Was a note that cried Fare thee well Tecumseh valley The name she gave was Caroline Daughter of a miner Her ways were free It seemed to me That sunshine walked beside her

[@ronhartley8097]

TOWNES VAN ZANDT

[@ZionForman]

bueno

[@mherlihy0816]

muy bueno

[@JeffMTX]

bueno indeed

[@robinwilson1433]

Nanci Griffith was very affected by this track

[@burrencrawler]

Maybe because she lived a safe little life compared to the way people like Townes, steve earle, cash, and Waylon lived, they had to live that way to write that way.

[@disdonc6012]

What does "the name she gave" mean exactly? Is that her mother that the line is referring to? And why does he sing "she come from Spencer"? That's not past whereas the story is in the past. Or does he sing "She'd come from ..."?

[@ugglabuggla666]

Poetry...

[@topitoediciones4697]

A love song for the daughtger on a minor? this should be canceled.

[@MikeMalakMusic]

miner, baby, miner 😅