Knoxville Girl Lyrics

Knoxville Girl lyrics

I met a little girl in Knoxville, 



A town we all know well. 



And every Sunday evenin’, 



Out in her home I dwell. 



We went to take an evenin’ walk



About a mile from town. 



I picked a stick up off the ground



And I knocked that fair girl down. 



She fell down on her bended knees



And mercy she did cry. 



“Oh really dear, don’t kill me yet, 



I’m unprepared to die...? 



She never spoke another word, 



I only beat her more 



Until the ground around me



With her blood did flow. 







I took her by her golden curls



And I dragged her round and round, 



Throwing her into the river



That flows through Knoxville town... 



“Go down, go down Knoxville girl! 



With your dark and roven eyes... 



Yeah, go down, go down Knoxville girl! 



You can never be my bride.? 







I started back to Knoxville, 



Got there about midnight. 



My mother she was worried



And woke up in a fright



“Say there son, what have you done



To bloody up your clothes?? 



I told my anxious mother



I was bleedin’ of my nose. 







I called for me a-candle



And I called for me a-bed



And I called for me a-handkerchief



To bind my achin’ head. 



I rolled and trashed the whole night through



Oh, horrors I did see: 



The devil stood at the foot of my bed



Pointin’ his finger at me. 







They carried me down to Knoxville



And put me in a cell. 



My friends all tried to get me out



But none could post my bail. 



I’m here to waste my life away



Down in this dirty old jail



Because I murdered that Knoxville girl, 



Girl I loved so well.