《Flora》歌词

[00:00:14] when first i came to louisville,

[00:00:18] my fortune there to find,

[00:00:21] i met a fair young maiden there,

[00:00:25] her beauty filled my mind.

[00:00:28] her rosy cheek, her ruby lips,

[00:00:31] they gave my heart no rest.

[00:00:34] the name she bore was flora, the lily of the west.

[00:00:46] i courted lovely flora, she promised ne'er to go.

[00:00:53] but soon a tale was told to me that filled my heart with woe.

[00:01:00] they said she meets another man who holds my love in jest.

[00:01:06] and yet i trusted flora, the lily of the west.

[00:01:18] 'way down in yonder shady grove, a man of low degree,

[00:01:26] he spoke unto my flora there and kissed her 'neath a tree.

[00:01:33] the answers that she gave to him like arrows pierced my breast.

[00:01:40] i was betrayed by flora, the lily of the west.

[00:01:52] i stepped up to my rival, my dagger in my hand.

[00:01:59] i seized him by the collar and i ordered him to stand.

[00:02:05] all in my desperation i stabbed him in his breast.

[00:02:13] i'd killed a man for flora, the lily of the west.

[00:02:25] and then i had to stand my trial, i had to make my plea.

[00:02:34] they placed me in a pris'ner's dock and then commenced on me.

[00:02:41] although she swore my life away, deprived me of my rest.

[00:02:49] still i love my faithless flora, the lily of the west.