Knoxville Girl Lyrics - The Boxmasters

I met a little girl in Knoxville, a town we all know well 

And every Sunday evening out in her home I'd dwell 

We went to take an evening walk, about a mile from town 

I picked a stick up off the ground and beat that fair girl down 

She fell down on her bended knees, for mercy she did cry 

"Oh Willy dear don't kill me here I'm unprepared to die" 

She never spoke another word, I only beat her more 

Until the ground around us with all her blood did pour 

I took her by her golden curls and drug her 'round and 'round 

Throwing her into the river that flows through Knoxville town 

Go down go down you Knoxville girl with the dark and rolling eye 

Go down, go down you Knoxville girl, you can never be my bride 

I headed back to Knoxville got there about midnight 

My mother she was worried and woke up in a fright 

Saying,"Dear son what have you done to bloody your clothes" 

So I told my anxious mother, "I was bleeding out my nose" 

I called for me a candle to light myself to bed 

I called for me a handkerchief to bind me aching head 

Rolled and tumbled the whole night through as troubles was for me 

Like flames of hell around my bed and in my eyes could see 

They carried me down to Knoxville and they put me in a cell 

My friends all tried to get me out but none could go my bail 

I'm here to waste me life away down in this dirty old jail 

Because I murdered that Knoxville girl, the girl I loved so well