Knoxville Girl- Ken Williams (IN) 1938 Brewster C
[From: Southern Folklore Quarterly - Volumes 2-3 - page 209, 1938. This is based on the commercial Knoxville recordings- did not finish writing text.
R. Matteson 2016]
Knoxville Girl- communicated by Kenneth Williams of Oakland City, Indiana. Obtained from an uncle in Gibson county, IN. Brewster C.
1 There lived a girl in Knoxville,
A girl that I loved well;
Many a Sunday evening passed
[In her home I'd dwell]
One evening as we walked along
About a mile from town,
I drew a stick up over her head,
And knocked the fair girl down.
She fell upon her bending knees
For mercy she did cry
"O Willie, Willie, don't kill me,
For I'm not prepared to die."
[text upcoming]
The flames of hell was all around
And in my eyes did shine.
10 They taken me on suspicion
And locked me in Knoxville jail ;
My friends all come to see me
But none would go my bail.
11 Her sister swore my life away;
She swore without a doubt