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[00:37.04]When first I came to Louisville, some pleasure there to find
[00:43.68]A damsel there from Lexington was pleasing to my mind
[00:50.11]Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips, like arrows pierced my breast
[01:00.52]And the name she bore was Flora, the lily of the west.
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[01:13.00]I courted lovely Flora some pleasure for to find
[01:19.12]But she turned unto another man whose sore distressed my mind
[01:25.98]She robbed me of my liberty, deprived me of my rest
[01:33.04]Then go, my lovely Flora, the lily of the west.
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[01:48.21]Away down in yonder shady grove, a man of high degree
[01:55.71]Conversin' with my Flora there, it seemed so strange to me
[02:01.61]And the answer that she gave to him it sore did me oppress
[02:08.51]I was betrayed by Flora, the lily of the west.
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[02:21.80]I stepped up my rival, dagger in my hand
[02:28.56]I seized him by the collar, and bodly made him stand
[02:35.32]Seing mad by desperation I pierced him to the breast
[02:42.97]All this for lovely Flora, the lily of the west.
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[03:00.77]I had to stand my trial, I had to make my plea
[03:05.91]They placed me in the witness box and then commenced on me
[03:11.74]Although she swore my life away, deprived me of my rest
[03:19.14]Still I love my faithless Flora, the Lily of the west.
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