Judy Collins - Lily Of The Valley Lyrics
Lily of the valleyLily of the valleyLily of the valleyThey called her 'Lily of the valley'And she lived beside the riverThe youngest of her sistersAnd the prettiest of them allShe was courted by the men in townShe could have married anyoneThe one she made her husbandWas the handsomest of allThey were married in a chapelLily bore him seven childrenAnd every night he put her downAnd made her feel ashamedHe took the face she used to wearAnd put a look of sorrow thereThe more he made her sufferThe more she felt to blameNo more tears Lily, don't cry anymoreTears of yours won't fall another timeDon't cry Lily we know how you've triedFighting for your life was not a crimeOne night Lily turned to himBefore he raised his hand to herOne more time she saidAnd not againHe laughed and threw another punchThe blow knocked Lily to the floorSomehow she grabbed the kitchen knifeAnd stabbed her husband deadThe jury they decidedIt was murder in the first degreeThey said she had provoked himWith her wild and wicked talkThey hanged her by the riverWhere so many times she wanderedAnd left her children motherlessIn sorrow and in shockNo more tears Lily, don't cry anymoreTears of yours won't fall another timeDon't cry Lily we know how you've triedFighting for your life was not a crimeA soldier in a uniformIs meant to kill the enemyBut Lilly in her own defenseWas framed to take the fallHer children watched their father beatTheir mother all too oftenThe battlefields of familiesAre the saddest of them allThe willow weeps for LilyAs its branches touch the waterThe wind is crying, "Lily"As it sighs along the shoreThe river's singing "LilyWe all know that you are innocent"You were promised marriageBut you had to fight a warNo more tears Lily, don't cry anymoreTears of yours won't fall another timeDon't cry Lily we know how you've triedFighting for your life was not a crimeLily of the valleyLily of the valleyLily of the valley
