The Wilburn Brothers - The Knoxville Girl lyrics

( Wilburn Bros ) 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 thought of how she cheated me so I knocked that fair girl down I picked a stick up off the ground and knocked that fair girl down Oh Willy dear don't k** me here I'm not prepare to die She never spoke another word I only beat her more Until the ground around me within her blood did flow ( fiddle - guitar ) I took her by her golden curles I dragged her round and round Then threw her into the river that flows through Knoxville town Go there go there you Knoxville girl with dark and rolling eyes Go there go there you Knoxville girl you'll never be my wife I rolled and tumbled the whole night through my dreams were living hell And then they came from Knoxville and carried me to jail I'm here to waste my life away and time is pa**ing slow Because I k**ed that Knoxville girl the girl I loved so