Flora Lyrics - Singles - Crooked Still

When first I came to Louisville 

Some pleasure there to find 

A damsel there from Lexington 

Was pleasing to my mind 

Her rosy cheeks 

Her ruby lips 

Like arrows pierced my breast 

The name she bore was Flora 

The Lily of the West 

I came to my love Flora 

Some pleasure there to find 

She turned in to another man 

Which sort of stressed my mind 

She robbed me of my loyalty 

Deprived me of my rest 

I loved my faithless Flora 

The Lily of the West 

Now down in yonder shady grove 

The man who was to come 

Conversing with my Flora there 

It seemed so strange to me 

And the answer that she gave to him 

It sort of me oppressed 

I was betrayed by Flora 

The Lily of the West 

I stepped up to my rival 

My dagger in my hand 

I seized him by the collar 

And I boldly made him stand 

We met in desperation 

I pierced him in the breast 

I killed the man for Flora 

The Lily of the West