Song Lyrics

When Reuben Pantier ran away and threw me
I went to Springfield
There I met a lush,
Whose father just deceased left him a fortune
He married me when drunk
My life was wretched
A year passed and one day they found him dead
That made me rich
I moved on to Chicago
After a time met Tyler Rountree, villain
I moved on to New York
A gray-haired magnate
Went mad about me, so another fortune
He died one night right in my arms, you know
(I saw his purple face for years thereafter)
There was almost a scandal

I moved on,
This time to Paris
I was now a woman,
Insidious, subtle,
Versed in the world and rich
My sweet apartment near the Champs Elysees
Became a center for all sorts of people,
Musicians, poets, dandies, artists, nobles,
Where we spoke French and German, Italian, English
I wed Count Navigato, native of Genoa
We went to Rome
He poisoned me, I think
Now in the Campo Santo overlooking
The sea where young Columbus dreamed new worlds,
See what they chiseled
Contessa Navigato Implora eterna quiete

Richard Carl Buckner

The duration of Dora Williams is 0:37 minutes and seconds.