Patches lyrics

Artist  : Clarence Carter 
Song : Patches



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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 tellin my
father
He said 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.