Judy Collins - Lily of the valley

^CLily of the ^GValley ^CLily of the ^GValley ^CLily of the ^FVall^Cey ^G

They called her ^CLily of the ^GValley and she ^Flived beside the ^Criver The ^Fyoungest of her ^Csisters and the ^Fprettiest of them ^Gall She was ^Ccourted by the ^Gmen in town, ^Fshe could have married ^Canyone The ^Fone she made her ^Chusband was the handsomest of all ^G

They were ^Cmarried in a ^Gchapel, Lily ^Fbore him seven ^Cchildren And ^Fevery night he ^Cput her down and ^Fmade her feel a^Gshamed He ^Ctook the face she ^Gused to wear and ^Fput a look of ^Csorrow there The ^Fmore he made her ^Csuffer, the more she felt to blame

^FNo more tears ^GLily, don't ^Amcry anymore ^Dm7Tears of yours won't ^Ffall another ^Gtime ^FDon't cry ^GLilly, we ^Amknow how you've tried ^Dm7Fighting for your ^Flife was not a ^Gcrime

^COne night Lily ^Gturned to him, be^Ffore he raised his ^Chand to her ^FOne more time she ^Csaid, "And not a^Fgain" ^G He ^Claughed and threw a^Gnother punch, the ^Fblow knocked Lily ^Cto the floor Some^Fhow she grabbed the ^Ckitchen knife and stabbed her husband dead ^G

The ^Cjury they de^Gcided it was ^Fmurder in the ^Cfirst degree They ^Fsaid she had pro^Cvoked him with her ^Fwild and wicked ^Gtalk They ^Changed her by the ^Griver where so ^Fmany times she ^Cwandered They ^Fleft her children ^Cmotherless, in sorrow and in shock

^FNo more tears ^GLily, don't ^Amcry anymore ^Dm7Tears of yours won't ^Ffall another ^Gtime ^FDon't cry ^GLilly, we ^Amknow how you've tried ^Dm7Fighting for your ^Flife was not a ^Gcrime

A ^Amsoldier in a ^Emuniform is ^Ammeant to kill the ^Emenemy But ^AmLilly, in her own de^Emfence, was ^Fframed to take the ^Gfall Her ^Amchildren watched their ^Emfather beat their ^Ammother all too ^Emoften The ^Ambattlefields of ^Emfamilies are the ^Fsaddest of them ^Gall

The ^Cwillow weeps for ^GLily as its ^Fbranches touch the ^Cwater The ^Fwind is crying, "^CLily", as it ^Fsighs along the ^Gshore The ^Criver's singing, "^GLily, we all ^Fknow that you are ^Cinnocent ^FYou were promised ^Cmarriage, but you had to fight a war"

^FNo more tears ^GLily, don't ^Amcry anymore ^Dm7Tears of yours won't ^Ffall another ^Gtime ^FDon't cry ^GLilly, we ^Amknow how you tried ^Dm7Fighting for your ^Flife was not a ^Gcrime

^CLily of the ^GValley ^CLily of the ^GValley ^CLily of the ^FVall^Cey