[00:13.631]When first I came to Louisville, my fortune there to find
[00:20.594]I met a fair young maiden there, her beauty filled my mind
[00:27.921]Her rosy cheek, her ruby lips, they gave my heart no rest
[00:34.473]The name she bore was Flora, the lily of the west
[00:46.137]I courted lovely Flora, she promised ne'er to go
[00:53.064]But soon a tale was told to me that filled my heart with woe
[01:00.385]They said she meets another man who holds my love in jest
[01:06.753]And yet I trusted Flora, the lily of the west
[01:18.775]Way down in yonder shady grove, a man of low degree
[01:27.324]He spoke unto my Flora there and kissed her 'neath a tree
[01:34.402]The answers that she gave to him like arrows pierced my breast
[01:41.420]I was betrayed by Flora, the lily of the west
[01:53.110]I stepped up to my rival, my dagger in my hand
[02:00.029]I seized him by the collar and I ordered him to stand
[02:06.338]All in my desperation I stabbed him in his breast
[02:14.883]I'd killed a man for Flora, the lily of the west
[02:27.286]And then I had to stand my trial, I had to make my plea
[02:35.831]They placed me in a pris'ner's dock and then commenced on me
[02:42.988]Although she swore my life away, deprived me of my rest
[02:51.566]Still I love my faithless Flora, the lily of the west