Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

When first I came to Louisville, my fortune there to find,

I met a fair young maiden there, her beauty filled my mind.

I courted lovely Flora, she promised ne'er to go.

But soon a tale was told to me that filled my heart with woe.

They said she meets another man who holds my love in jest.

And yet I trusted Flo----ra, the lily of the west.

'Way down in yonder shady grove, a man of low degree,

He spoke unto my Flora there and kissed her 'neath a tree.

The answers that she gave to him like arrows pierced my breast.

I was betrayed by Flo---ra, the lily of the west.

I stepped up to my rival, my dagger in my hand.

I seized him by the collar and I ordered him to stand.

All in my desperation I stabbed him in his breast.

I'd killed a man for Flo---ra, the lily of the west.

And then I had to stand my trial, I had to make my plea.

They placed me in a pris'ner's dock and then commenced on me.

Although she swore my life away, deprived me of my rest.

Still I love my faithless Flo---ra, the lily of the west.