Townes Van Zandt - Tecumseh download song

i would really love to hear why 3 people gave this a thumbs down... maybe they just can't appreciate music from the bottom of the soul

Not many songs that are both the most beautiful and the most sad--this is one.

"The sunshine walked beside her." Pure poetry!

This song is heartbreakingly tender and sad... Fare thee well Tecumseh Valley...

I feel like this is the best version of this song. His voice melts my inner being, like I’m experiencing the entire life and loss of a pet in 5 minutes.

Absolutely the saddest song ever written.

help the folks who don"t understand

this song is heartbreaking...Townes had a sadness in his voice that was so real...a one off right here. one the truly great songwriters that's completely underrated.

Yes. All Texans are amazing.. Unfortunately there was only one Townes. We still have Willie and Robert Earl Keen though.

Fort Worth's finest!

Townes is right there with Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Phil Ochs, as a great American songwriter.

He was a great troubadour. Miss him.

The only version that compares is Nanci Griffith at the tribute concert.

one of the greats with all the soul and sadness in his voice is heartfelt. what a legend

Townes died some years ago...I still hear his voice, in my head

The name she gave was caroline Daughter of a miner Her ways were free It seemed to me That sunshine walked beside her She came from spencer Across the hill She said her pa had sent her 'cause the coal was low And soon the snow Would turn the skies to winter She said she'd come To look for work She was not seeking favors And for a dime a day And a place to stay She'd turn those hands to labor But the times were hard, lord, The jobs were few All through tecumseh valley But she asked around And a job she found Tending bar at gypsy sally's She saved enough to get back home When spring replaced the winter But her dreams were denied Her pa had died The word come down from spencer So she turned to whorin' out on the streets With all the lust inside her And it was many a man Returned again To lay himself beside her They found her down beneath the stairs That led to gypsy sally's In her hand when she died Was a note that cried Fare thee well... Tecumseh valley The name she gave was caroline Daughter of a miner Her ways were free It seemed to me That sunshine walked beside her

Man. There will never be another Townes... One of the greatest ever.

Steve Earle lived in his van in Townes driveway to learn all he could from Townes.