Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Black Mary
Canonical path: /black-mary/false-love
Related lyric paths: 6
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False Love
Read False Love lyrics by Black Mary on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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False Love
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The river is wide, I can't get o'er
Nor do I have like wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two,
And both shall cross my love and I
Oh waly, waly, up the bank
And waly, waly down the braes,
And waly, waly by yon burnside
Where me and my love was wont to go
I leaned my back against an oak
Thinking it was a trusty tree,
But first it bent and then it broke,
And so did my love prove false to me
I put my hand in some soft bush
Thinking the sweetest flower to find
I pricked my finger to the bone
And left the sweetest flower behind
Oh, love is handsome, love is kind
Gay as a jewel when first it's new
But love grows old and waxes cold,
And fades away like morning dew
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Who performs "False Love"?
Black Mary performs "False Love", and this lyric page sits inside the Black Mary catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to A Stone's Throw From The Soul and Across The Universe with a short reason for opening each page next.
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