Patches - Dickey Lee
Down by the river
That flows by the coal yards
Stands wooden houses
With shutters torn down
There lives a girl everybody calls Patches
Patches my darling
Of Old Shanty town
We plan 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
Would 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 watching the door
She dosn't know
That I can't come to see her
Patches must think
That I love her no more
I hear a neighbor telling my father
He says a girl name of
Patches was found
Floating face down in
That dirty old river
That flows by the coal yards
In Old Shanty Town
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 coming to you
