Flora

flora peter , paul and mary stookey/travers/mezzetti pepamar music inc . ascap capo 1 . fret sounds original , very fast song , kind of western - sound Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm D A D E Bm F#m Bm when first i came to louisville , my fortune there to find , Bm D F#m G D F#m Bm i met a fair young maiden there , her beauty filled my mind . Bm D F#m Bm F#m Bm her rosy cheek , her ruby lips , they gave my heart no rest . Bm D E Em Bm A Bm the name she bore was flo - - - - - - ra , the lily of the west . Bm D A D E Bm F#m Bm i courted lovely flora , she promised ne’er to go . Bm D F#m G D F#m Bm but soon a tale was told to me that filled my heart with woe . Bm D F#m Bm F#m Bm they said she meets another man who holds my love in jest . Bm D E Em Bm A Bm and yet i trusted flo - - - - ra , the lily of the west . Bm D A D E Bm F#m Bm ’way down in yonder shady grove , a man of low degree , Bm D F#m G D F#m Bm he spoke unto my flora there and kissed her ’neath a tree . Bm D F#m Bm F#m Bm the answers that she gave to him like arrows pierced my breast . Bm D E Em Bm A Bm i was betrayed by flo - - - ra , the lily of the west . Bm D A D E Bm F#m Bm i stepped up to my rival , my dagger in my hand . Bm D F#m G D F#m Bm i seized him by the collar and i ordered him to stand . Bm D F#m Bm F#m Bm all in my desperation i stabbed him in his breast . Bm D E Em Bm A Bm i’d killed a man for flo - - - ra , the lily of the west . Bm D A D E Bm F#m Bm and then i had to stand my trial , i had to make my plea . Bm D F#m G D F#m Bm they placed me in a pris’ner’s dock and then commenced on me . Bm D F#m Bm F#m Bm although she swore my life away , deprived me of my rest . Bm D E Em Bm A Bm still i love my faithless flo - - - ra , the lily of the west .