Lyrics:

1962
performer dickey Lee
title patches
lyrictext

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.