Louisville Roll Lyrics - Patchwork River - Jim Lauderdale

I'm on a Louisville roll, going down, down, down 

Down to the Ohio, just to knock around 

You know I met a girl from Knoxville Town 

She had bright red curls and her eyes were brown 

I fell in love at first sight, yes I saw the light 

But she did not agree, laughed at me, oh no 

This story has been told before 

Since days before the silver war 

I'm just a poor lost soul, on a Louisville roll 

The only girl who touched my heart 

She took and tore it all apart 

I'm just a poor lost soul, on a Louisville roll 

I loved a girl from Knoxville Town, from Knoxville, Tennessee 

Don't know why she did not love me 

All my life I could not see 

I just know she broke my heart 

Broke it for the very first time 

Go down you Knoxville girl, you cannot be mine 

you cannot be mine 

You cannot be mine