Lily of the valley
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Lily of the valley
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Lily of the valley
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They called her 'Lily of the valley'
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And she lived beside the river
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The youngest of her sisters
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And the prettiest of them all
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She was courted by the men in town
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She could have married anyone
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The one she made her husband
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Was the handsomest of all
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They were married in a chapel
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Lily bore him seven children
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And every night he put her down
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And made her feel ashamed
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He took the face she used to wear
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And put a look of sorrow there
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The more he made her suffer
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The more she felt to blame
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No more tears Lily, don't cry anymore
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Tears of yours won't fall another time
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Don't cry Lily we know how you've tried
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Fighting for your life was not a crime
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One night Lily turned to him
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Before he raised his hand to her
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One more time she said
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And not again
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He laughed and threw another punch
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The blow knocked Lily to the floor
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Somehow she grabbed the kitchen knife
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And stabbed her husband dead
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The jury they decided
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It was murder in the first degree
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They said she had provoked him
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With her wild and wicked talk
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They hanged her by the river
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Where so many times she wandered
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And left her children motherless
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In sorrow and in shock
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No more tears Lily, don't cry anymore
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Tears of yours won't fall another time
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Don't cry Lily we know how you've tried
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Fighting for your life was not a crime
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A soldier in a uniform
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Is meant to kill the enemy
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But Lilly in her own defense
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Was framed to take the fall
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Her children watched their father beat
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Their mother all too often
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The battlefields of families
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Are the saddest of them all
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The willow weeps for Lily
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As its branches touch the water
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The wind is crying, "Lily"
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As it sighs along the shore
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The river's singing "Lily
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We all know that you are innocent"
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You were promised marriage
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But you had to fight a war
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No more tears Lily, don't cry anymore
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Tears of yours won't fall another time
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Don't cry Lily we know how you've tried
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Fighting for your life was not a crime
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Lily of the valley
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Lily of the valley
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Lily of the valley
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Lily Of The Valley
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| Judy Collins |
