The Desperate Valley

A desperate valley

Has taken hold me 

I am so lonesome 

I could die

So my Lilly

I’ll never hold the

She’s with another 

By and by

The thought of you

It hurts my soul

You’re the one

That makes me whole

The dream is gone

My hope is through

I guess we’ll never

Say I do.

Oh your mother

Will never love me

So you’re just a twinkle

In my eye.

I am broken

And forsaken

For she has stolen 

Your sweet life.

The thought of you

It hurts my soul

Because you’re the one

That makes me whole

The dream is gone

My hope is through

I guess we’ll never

Say I do.

My precious daughter

You’ll never know me

For your mother

She isn’t mine.