The name she gave was Caroline   Daughter of a miner   And her ways were free and it seemed to me   The sunshine walked beside her      She came to Spencer, across the hill   She said her pa had sent her   'Cause the coal was low and soon the snow   Would turn the skies to winter      She said she's come to look for work   She was not seeking favors   For a dime a day and a place to stay   She'd turn those hands to labor      But the times were hard Lord, and the jobs were few   All through Tecumseh Valley   But she asked around and a job she found   Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's      She saved enough to get back home   When spring replaced the winter   But her dreams were denied, her pa had died   The word come down from Spencer      So she turned a whorin' out on the streets   With all the lust inside her   And it was many a man returned again   To lay himself beside her      They found her down beneath the stairs   That led to Gypsy Sally's   In her hand when she died was a note that cried   Fare thee well, Tecumseh Valley      The name she gave was Caroline   Daughter of a miner   And her ways were free and it seemed to me   The sunshine walked beside her