Patches

By: Dickey Lee


Down by the river that goes by the coalyards,
stand wooden houses with shutters torn down,
there lives a girl everybody calls Patches,
Patches my darlin' of old Shanty Town.

We planned to marry when June brought the summer,
I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride,
now I don't see how that ever can happen,
my folks say no and my heart breaks inside.

Chorus:

Patches, oh what can I do,
I swear I'll always love you,
but a girl from that place,
will just bring me disgrace,
so my folks won't let me love you.

Each night I'd cry as I'd think of that shanty,
and pretty Patches there watchin' the door,
she doesn't know that I can't come to see her,
Patches must think that I love her no more.

I hear a neighbor tellin' my father,
he says a girl name of Patches was found,
floating face down in that dirty old river,
that goes by the coalyards in old Shanty Town.

Chorus:
Patches, oh what can I do,
I swear I'll always love you,
it may not be right,
but I'll join you tonight,
Patches I'm comin' to you.


This is a song from the 50's and 60's that I found on a really cool site! I loved it and decided to write a fanfic sort of based on it. If you want to listen to the actual song, go to www.rockinwoman.com -Maybeth's Memorable Melodies. It's great site. Patches is under the tragedy section, www.rockinwoman.com/tragedy.html and it's called Patches. To play the song you need a RealPlayer and you click on the D, for Download. Anyway, the song belongs to uh... those people, if you'd like to hear it go to that site, and anyway, that's all folks! = D (((((Echo)))))

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