Knoxville Girl

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 picked a stick up off the ground and knocked that fair girl down

She fell down on her bended knees, for mercy she did cry

"Oh Willy dear, don't kill me here, I'm unprepared to die"

She never spoke another word, I only beat her more

Until the ground around me within her blood did flow

 I took her by her golden curls and I drug her round and around

Throwing her into the river that flows through Knoxville town

Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl with the dark and rolling eyes

Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, you can never be my bride

Lyrics to "Knoxville Girl," performed by the Louvin Brothers in 1956.