PatchesDickey Lee Down by the river that flows by the coal yards.Stands wooden houses with shutters torn downThere lives a girl everybody calls PatchesPatches my darling of Old Shanty townWe plan to marry when June brought the summerI couldn't wait to make Patches my brideNow I don't see how that ever can happenMy folks say No, and my heart breaks insidePatches oh what can I doI swear I'll always love youBut a girl from that place would just bring me disgraceSo my folks won't let me love youEach night I cry as I think of that shantyAnd pretty Patches there watching the doorShe dosn't know that I can't come to see herPatches must think that I love her no moreI hear a neighbor tellin my fatherHe said a girl name of Patches was foundFloating face down in that dirty old riverThat flows by the coal yards in Old Shanty TownPatches oh what can I doI swear I'll always love youIt may not be right But I'll join you tonightPatches I'm coming to you.
