{"id":6926,"date":"2000-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-04-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-11-07T12:35:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T16:35:52","slug":"lilly-of-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6926","title":{"rendered":"Lilly of the West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Folkden_Podcast_Art.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"220\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Flora.mp3\">Lilly of the West<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">I don&#8217;t know the origin of this song, but it has the same basic tune as The Buffalo Skinners. It&#8217;s a sad tale of betrayal and a crime of passion. In France, I&#8217;m told they have different penalties for such crimes. The photo is of a Bulgarian Bluegrass musician who&#8217;s named her latest CD after the title of this song. Click her picture to learn more.<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\nAm                        C   G<br \/>\nWhen first I came to Louisville<br \/>\nF                    Am<br \/>\nSome pleasure there to find<br \/>\nC                  F   G<br \/>\nA damsel there from Lexington<br \/>\nAm<br \/>\nWas pleasin&#8217; to my mind<br \/>\nAm                  C      G<br \/>\nHer ruby lips her rosy cheeks<br \/>\nAm<br \/>\nLike arrows pierced my breast<br \/>\nAm                    C   G<br \/>\nThe name she bore was Flora<br \/>\nF              Am<br \/>\nThe Lilly of the West<\/p>\n<p>I courted lovely Flora<br \/>\nSome pleasure there to find<br \/>\nBut she turned onto another man<br \/>\nWhich sore distressed my mind<\/p>\n<p>She stole away my liberty<br \/>\nDeprived me of my rest<br \/>\nThen go my lovely Flora<br \/>\nThe Lilly of the West<\/p>\n<p>Way down in yonder shady grove<br \/>\nA man of low degree<br \/>\nConversin&#8217; with my Flora there<br \/>\nIt seemed so strange to me<\/p>\n<p>The answer that she gave to him<br \/>\nIt sore did me oppress<br \/>\nI was betrayed by Flora<br \/>\nThe Lilly of the West<\/p>\n<p>I stepped up to my rival<br \/>\nMy dagger in my hand<br \/>\nI seized him by the collar<br \/>\nAnd I boldly bade him stand<\/p>\n<p>Be mad to desperation<br \/>\nI pierced him in his breast<br \/>\nThen go my lovely Flora<br \/>\nThe Lilly of the West<\/p>\n<p>And then I had to stand my trial<br \/>\nI had to make my plea<br \/>\nThey put me in the criminal box<br \/>\nAnd then commenced on me<\/p>\n<p>Although she swore my life away<br \/>\nDeprived me of my rest<br \/>\nStill I love my faithless Flora<br \/>\nThe Lilly of the West<\/p>\n<p>Traditional \/ Arr. Roger McGuinn (C) 2000 McGuinn Music<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Lilly of the West I don&#8217;t know the origin of this song, but it has the same basic tune as The Buffalo Skinners. It&#8217;s a sad tale of betrayal and a crime of passion. In France, I&#8217;m told they have different penalties for such crimes. The photo is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6926\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lilly of the West&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cowboy","category-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6926"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8525,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6926\/revisions\/8525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}