Knoxville Girl Lyrics - Stonewall Jackson

I met a little girl in Knoxville a town we all know well 

And every Sunday evening out in her home I'd dwell 

We went to take an evening walk about a mile from town 

I thought of how she cheated me so I knocked that fair girl down 

She fell down on her bended knees for mercy she did cry 

Oh please my dear don't kill me here I'm not prepare to die 

She never spoke another word I only beat her more 

Until the ground around me with inner blood did flow 

I took her by her golden curles and I dragged her round and round 

Throwing her into the river that flows through Knoxville town 

Go down go down you Knoxville girl with the dark and rovin' eyes 

Go down go down you Knoxville girl you can never be my bride 

I started back to Knoxville got there about daylight 

My mother she was worried and broke up in her pride 

Sayin' dear son what have you done too bloody your clothes are 

I told my attention mother I was bleeding at my nose 

They took me down to Knoxville and they locked me in a cell 

My friends all tried to get me out but none could go my bail 

I'm here to waste my life away down in this dirty old jail 

Because I killed that Knoxville girl the one I loved so well