DOWN BY THE RIVER
THAT FLOWS BY
THE COAL YARDS
STAND WOODEN HOUSES
WITH SHUTTERS
TORN DOWN
THERE LIVES A GIRL
EVERYBODY
CALLS PATCHES
PATCHES MY DARLIN'
OF OLD SHANTYTOWN
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
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 CRY
AS I 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 FACEDOWN
IN THAT DIRTY OLD RIVER
THAT FLOWS BY
THE COAL YARDS
IN OLD SHANTYTOWN
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