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==Lyrics==
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==Credits==
|title = Knoxville Girl (unreleased cover)
* Written by: ''[[Traditional]]''
|writer = ''[[Traditional]]''
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] (1986, 1987 & 2008)<br> Elvis Costello & The Imposters (2005)
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==Performances==
{{song notes
This song is '''unreleased''' by Elvis Costello, but he has performed it in concert on at least three occasions: [[Concert 1986-11-28|1986-11-28]] in London, [[Concert 1987-04-20|1987-04-20]] in Atlanta, and — most appropriately — [[Concert 2005-03-10|2005-03-10]] in Knoxville.
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|first = [[Concert 1986-11-28 London|1986-11-28, London, England]]
|last = [[Concert 2008-05-06 Knoxville|2008-05-06, Knoxville, TN]]
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==Recordings==
* [[The Blue Sky Boys]], 1937 ("The Story of The Knoxville Girl")
* '''[[The Louvin Brothers]]''', on '''Tragic Songs Of Life''', 1956
* [[The Wilburn Brothers]], B-side of "Which One Is To Blame," 1958
* [[Stonewall Jackson]], '''The Great Old Songs''', 1968
* [[The Osborne Brothers]], on '''Bobby & Sonny''', 1972
* [[Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds]]. "Henry Lee" CD single, 1996
* [[The Lemonheads]], '''Car Button Cloth''', 1996


==Bootlegs==
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* ''This section is incomplete.''
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{{rboa
| year = 1937
| band = The Blue Sky Boys
| info = "The Story of The Knoxville Girl"
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/Blue-Sky-Boys-The-Sunny-Side-Of-Life/master/1712523 Discogs]}}
{{rboa
| year = 1956
| band = ''[[The Louvin Brothers]]
| info = ''Tragic Songs Of Life''
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/The-Louvin-Brothers-Tragic-Songs-Of-Life/master/265066 Discogs] }}
{{rboa
| year = 1958
| band = [[Doyle Wilburn|The Wilburn Brothers]] 
| info = B-side of "Which One Is To Blame"
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/Wilburn-Brothers-Doyle-Teddy-Which-One-Is-To-Blame/master/733139 Discogs] }}
{{rboa
| year = 1968
| band = [[Stonewall Jackson]]
| info = ''The Great Old Songs''
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/Stonewall-Jackson-The-Great-Old-Songs/master/689592 Discogs]}}
{{rboa
| year = 1972
| band = The Osborne Brothers
| info = ''Bobby & Sonny''
| link =  [https://www.discogs.com/The-Osborne-Bros-Bobby-Sonny/master/1629331 Discogs]}}
{{rboa
| year = 1996
| band = Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
| info = "Henry Lee" CD single
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/Nick-Cave-And-The-Bad-Seeds-PJ-Harvey-Henry-Lee/master/18116 Discogs]}}
{{rboa
| year = 1996
| band = The Lemonheads
| info = ''Car Button Cloth''
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/fr/master/32556-The-Lemonheads-Car-Button-Cloth Discogs] {{-}} [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Button_Cloth Wikipedia] }}
{{rboa
| year = 2007
| band = [[Charlie Louvin]]
| info = ''[[Charlie Louvin (album)|Charlie Louvin]]''
| link = [http://www.discogs.com/Charlie-Louvin-Charlie-Louvin/release/1214526 Discogs] {{-}} [http://www.allmusic.com/album/r945537 AllMusic] {{-}} {{Amazon|asin=B000MGVCK4}} }}


==Internal links==  
==Internal links==  
*[[Gigography]]
*[[Template:Knoxville Girl|Lyrics]]
*[[Template:Knoxville Girl]]


==External links==  
==External links==  
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knoxville_Girl Wikipedia]


[[Category:1986]]
[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Unreleased covers]]
[[Category:Unreleased covers]]
[[Category:1986 unreleased covers]]

Latest revision as of 17:58, 26 October 2022

I met a liitle girl in Knoxville, a town we all know well
And every Sunday evening, out in her home, I'd dwell
We went to take an evening walk about a mile from town
I picked a stick up off the ground and knocked that fair girl down

She fell down on her bended knees, for mercy she did cry
"Oh Willy dear, don't kill me here, I'm unprepared to die"
She never spoke another word, I only beat her more
Until the ground around me with all her blood did pour

I took her by her golden curls and I drug her round and around
Throwing her into the river that flows through Knoxville town
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl with the dark and rolling eyes
Go down, go down, you Knoxville girl, you can never be my bride

I started back to Knoxville, got there about midnight
My mother, she was worried and woke up in a fright
Saying "dear son, what have you done to bloody your clothes so?"
I told my anxious mother I was bleeding at my nose

I called for me a candle to light myself to bed
I called for me a handkerchief to bind my aching head
Rolled and tumbled the whole night through, as troubles was for me
Like flames of hell around my bed and in my eyes could see

They carried me down to Knoxville and put me in a cell
My friends all tried to get me out but none could go my bail
I'm here to waste my life away down in this dirty old jail
Because I murdered that Knoxville girl, the girl I loved so well
Knoxville Girl (unreleased cover)
Written byTraditional
Performed byElvis Costello (1986, 1987 & 2008)
Elvis Costello & The Imposters (2005)

First known performance:
 1986-11-28, London, England
Last known performance:
 2008-05-06, Knoxville, TN
     (4 known performances)



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Recordings by other artists

 Artist  Year  Release  Links
 The Blue Sky Boys  1937  "The Story of The Knoxville Girl"  Discogs
 The Louvin Brothers  1956  Tragic Songs Of Life  Discogs
 The Wilburn Brothers  1958  B-side of "Which One Is To Blame"  Discogs
 Stonewall Jackson  1968  The Great Old Songs  Discogs
 The Osborne Brothers  1972  Bobby & Sonny  Discogs
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  1996  "Henry Lee" CD single  Discogs
 The Lemonheads  1996  Car Button Cloth  Discogs  •  Wikipedia
 Charlie Louvin  2007  Charlie Louvin  Discogs  •  AllMusic  •  Amazon

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External links

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