Clarence Carter Patches Lyrics

Patches Lyrics

Down by the river that flows by the coal yards.
Stands wooden houses with
shutters torn down
There lives a girl everybody calls Patches
Patches my
darling of Old Shanty town

We plan to marry when June brought the
summer
I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride
Now I don't see how that
ever can happen
My folks say No, and my heart breaks inside

Patches
oh what can I do
I swear I'll always love you
But a girl from that place
would just bring me disgrace
So my folks won't let me love you

Each
night I cry as I think of that shanty
And pretty Patches there watching the
door
She dosn't know that I can't come to see her
Patches must think that
I love her no more

I hear a neighbor tellin my father
He said a girl
name of Patches was found
Floating face down in that dirty old river
That
flows by the coal yards in Old Shanty Town

Patches oh what can I do
I
swear I'll always love you
It may not be right But I'll join you
tonight
Patches I'm coming to you.