Flora

       When first I came to Louisville, my fortune there to find 
       I met a fair young maiden there, her beauty filled my mind 
       Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips, they gave my heart no rest 
       The name she's bored was Flora, the lily of the west 

       I courted lovely Flora, she promised near to go 
       But soon a tale was told to me, that filled my heart with woe 
       They said she met another man who holds my love in jet 
       And yet I trusted Flora, the lily of the west 

       Way down in yonder shady grove, a man of low degree 
       He spoke unto my Flora there and kiss her 'neath a tree 
       The answer that she gave to him, like arrow pieced my breast 
       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 order him to stand 
       All in my desperation, I stepped him in his breast 
       I killed a man for Flora, the lily of the west 

       And then I had to stand my trial, I had to make my plea 
       They placed me in a prisoner's dock and then commenced on me 
       All though she swore my life away, deprived me of the rest 
       Still I love my faithless Flora, the lily of the west