Early One Morning
(专辑: Whistle Stop! - 1968)
Early one morning, just as the
sun was rising I
heard a
maid sing in the
valley below "Oh, don't deceive me, oh, never leave me How could you use, a
poor maiden so?" Remember the
vows that you made to me truly Remember how tenderly you nestled close to me Gay is the
garland, fresh are the
roses I've culled from the
garden to bind over thee Here I
now wander alone as I
wonder Why did you leave me to sigh and complain I
ask of the
roses, why should I
be forsaken Why must I
here in sorrow remain? Through yonder grove, by the
spring that is running There you and I
have so merrily played Kissing and courting and gently sporting Oh, my innocent heart you've betrayed How could you slight so a
pretty girl who loves you A
pretty girl who loves you so dearly and warm? Though love's folly is surely but a
fancy Still it should prove to me sweeter than your scorn Soon you will meet with another pretty maiden Some pretty maiden, you'll court her for a
while Thus ever ranging, turning and changing Always seeking for a
girl that is new Thus sang the
maiden, her sorrows bewailing Thus sang the
poor maid in the
valley below "Oh, don't deceive me, oh, never leave me How could you use, a
poor maiden so?"