Lately Last Night

Lately last night I was asked to a wedding

A wedding of a fair maid that proved to be unkind

When first she thought on her new intended lover

The thoughts of her old love still ran through her mind

Supper was over and everything ended

And every young man was to sing a fine song

'Til it came to the turn of her new intended lover

The thoughts of her old love still ran through her mind

Oh many's the one has been seven years parted

Seven years away, love, that proved to be unkind

But I have only been two years away, love

Two years away, love, that proved to be unkind

Oh how can you sit at another man's table?

Or how can you drink of another man's wine?

Or how can you lie in the arms of another

When it's many the night you have laid in mine?

The bride, she was seated at the head of the table

She knew very well to whom those words belonged

Her heart, it grew faint, she could stand it no longer

It was down at the feet of the bridegroom she fell

Oh grant me one favor, one favor I ask you

Oh grant me one favor, one favor of mine

One night for to lie in the arms of another

And the rest of my life for to lie in thine

You ask for a favor that cannot be granted

For you __ this, my lassie, in time

For I can see quite clearly your poor heart is breaking

And all for the sake of this foreign young man

So sighing and sobbing she went from the table

And sighing and sobbing she went to her bed

But early next morn when the bridegroom awakened

He turned to his true love found that she was dead

Oh Annie, lovely Annie, I knew you never loved me

For my love and your love could never agree

My own, I have taken you from one you loved better

My own, I have taken you, the bark from the tree

So it's now I'll put on my suits of deep mourning

Suits of deep mourning, I'll wear two and three

And it's then I'll put on my own wedding garment

And I'll try not to go between the bark and the tree

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