John Denver

Darcy Farrow

John Denver


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Where the Walker runs down to the Carson Valley plain
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There lived a maiden, Darcy Farrow was her name
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The daughter of old Dundee, and a fair one was she
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The sweetest flower that bloomed o'er the range

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Her voice was as sweet as the sugar candy
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Her touch was as soft as a bed of goose down
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Her eyes shone bright like the pretty lights
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That shine in the night out at Yerington town

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She was courted by young Vandermeer
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A fine lad was he,    as I am to hear
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He gave her silver rings and lacy things
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He promised to wed before the snows came that year

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Her pony did stumble and she did fall
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Her dying touched the hearts of us one and all
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Young Vandy in his pain put a bullet through his brain
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We buried them together as the snows began to fall

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They sing of Darcy Farrow where the Truckee runs through
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They sing of her beauty in Virginia City too
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At dusky sundown to her name they drink a round
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And to young Vandy, whose love was true