Lily of the Valley Lyrics

Lily of the valley
Lily of the valley
Lily of the valleyThey called her 'Lily of the valley'
And she lived beside the river
The youngest of her sisters
And the prettiest of them allShe was courted by the men in town
She could have married anyone
The one she made her husband
Was the handsomest of allThey were married in a chapel
Lily bore him seven children
And every night he put her down
And made her feel ashamedHe took the face she used to wear
And put a look of sorrow there
The more he made her suffer
The more she felt to blameNo more tears Lily, don't cry anymore
Tears of yours won't fall another time
Don't cry Lily we know how you've tried
Fighting for your life was not a crimeOne night Lily turned to him

Before he raised his hand to her
One more time she said
And not againHe laughed and threw another punch
The blow knocked Lily to the floor
Somehow she grabbed the kitchen knife
And stabbed her husband deadThe jury they decided
It was murder in the first degree
They said she had provoked him
With her wild and wicked talkThey hanged her by the river
Where so many times she wandered
And left her children motherless
In sorrow and in shockNo more tears Lily, don't cry anymore
Tears of yours won't fall another time
Don't cry Lily we know how you've tried
Fighting for your life was not a crimeA soldier in a uniform
Is meant to kill the enemy
But Lilly in her own defense
Was framed to take the fallHer children watched their father beat
Their mother all too often
The battlefields of families
Are the saddest of them allThe willow weeps for Lily
As its branches touch the water
The wind is crying, "Lily"
As it sighs along the shoreThe river's singing "Lily
We all know that you are innocent"
You were promised marriage
But you had to fight a warNo more tears Lily, don't cry anymore
Tears of yours won't fall another time
Don't cry Lily we know how you've tried
Fighting for your life was not a crimeLily of the valley
Lily of the valley
Lily of the valley