Come all ye fair and tender maidens Take warning how you court young men They`re like a star of a summer`s morning First they appear and then they`re gone. They`ll tell to you some loving story They`ll swear to you their love is true Straightway they`ll go and court another And that`s the love that they had for you.
If I`d a known before I courted That love it was such a killin` thing I`d lock my heart in a box of golden And fastened it up with a silver chain.
O do you remember our days of courtin` When your head lay upon my breast You could make me believe with the falling of your eyes That the sun rose in the west.
I wish I was a little sparrow And I had wings and I could fly I`d fly away to my own true lover And when he speaks I won`t deny.
But I am not no little sparrow I have no wings neither can I fly I`ll sit right down in my grief and sorrow And let my troubles pass me by.
Come all ye fair and tender maidens Take warning how you court young men They`re like a star of a summer`s morning First they appear and then they`re gone.
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