THE FALSE YOUNG MAN



As I walked out one morning in Spring

For to hear the little birds sing,

I leaned myself against an old oak tree

For to see two lovers meet.



For to see two lovers meet, my dear,

And hear what they did say,

That I might learn a little more of their mind

Before l was forced away.



Before I was forced away,

Before I was forced away,

That I might learn a little more of their mind

Before I was forced away.



Come in, come in, my old true love,

And sit you down by me,

For it has been three-quarters of a year

Since together we have been.



Since together we have been, my dear,

Since together we have been,

For it has been three quarters of a year

Since together we have been.



I can't come in, my old true love,

For I ain't got a moment to stay,

For I heard you give your heart to another young man,

And I've no more time to stay.



I've climbed as high a tree as there is,

And l've robbed as rich a nest,

And I've come down without e'er a fall,

And I'll marry who I do love best.



From English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, Sharp

Collected from Mrs. Gabriel Coates, TN, 1916

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