LOVING NANCY



I'm going to travel the wilderness through

Therefore, loving Nancy, I'll bid you adieu

I'm going to travel many a long mile

Therefore, loving Nancy, I'll leave you for a while



Down in New Alena, my boat I will steer

And the face of many pretty girls I see on the shore

But the face of a Spaniard I'd never adore

Go back to Kentucky, try Nancy once more



I wish I was a clerksman, could write a fine hand

I'd write my love a letter that she would understand

I'd send it on water that would never o'erflow

Go back to Kentucky, try Nancy once more



I wish I was a fishman down by the seaside

And Nancy was a salmon come floating on the tide

I'd throw my net around her and bring her to shore

Go back to Kentucky, try Nancy once more



Loving Nancy, loving Nancy, I have returned home

I always did love you and for your sake mourned

We're going to get married, I doubt for your sake

I threw my arms around her and felt her heart break



@love @sea @travel

recorded by Sarah Ogan Gunning

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