Patches

[00:03.52] Down by the river
[00:06.94] That flows by the coal yards
[00:10.93] Stand wooden houses
[00:14.78] With shutters torn down
[00:18.75] There lives a girl
[00:22.20] Everybody calls patches
[00:26.14] Patches my darling
[00:29.10] From old shanty town
[00:35.28] We plan to marry
[00:38.98] When june brought the summer
[00:43.28] I couldn't wait
[00:46.40] To make patches my bride
[00:50.73] But now i don't see how that ever can happen
[00:58.18] My folks say no
[01:01.37] And my heart breaks inside
[01:05.96] Patches oh what can i do
[01:13.31] I swear i'll always love you
[01:20.54] But girls from that place
[01:23.73] Will just bring me disgrace
[01:28.07] So my folks won't let me love you
[01:36.31] Each night i cry as i think of that shanty
[01:43.25] And pretty patches will watching the door
[01:51.28] She doesn't know that i can't go to see her
[01:58.74] I just must think that i love her no more
[02:08.39] I hear a neighbor telling my father
[02:15.75] He says a girl named patches was found
[02:23.27] Floating face down in that dirty old river
[02:30.91] That flows by the coal yards in old shanty town
[02:38.48] Patches oh what can i do
[02:45.68] I swear i'll always love you
[02:52.90] It may not be bright
[02:56.31] But i'll join you tonight
[03:00.60] Patches i'm coming to you
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