ONCE I KNEW A PRETTY GIRL



Once I knew a pretty girl, I loved her as my life

I'd gladly give my heart and hand

To make her my wife, oh to make her my wife



She took me by the hand, she led me to the door

She put her arms around me

Saying, "Please don't come no more, please come no more"



Well I'd not been gone for about six months

When she did complain

And she wrote me a letter

Saying, "Please come back again, oh please come again"



And I wrote her an answer just to let her know

That no young man should venture

Where once he could not go, oh where once he could not go



So come all ye young lovers take a warning from me

And never place your affection

On a green growing tree, oh on a green growing tree



"Cause the leaves they will whither, roots will decay

And the beauty of a young maid

Will soon fade away, oh soon fade away



@love @courtship

recorded by Joan Baez

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