Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Judy Collins
Canonical path: /judy-collins/pretty-saro
Related lyric paths: 6
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Pretty Saro
Read Pretty Saro lyrics by Judy Collins on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Pretty Saro
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Down in some lone valley in a lonesome place
Where the wild birds all whistle and their notes do increase
Farewell Pretty Saro I must bid you adieu
And I'll dream of Pretty Saro wherever I go
My love she won't have me and I understand
She wants a rich merchant and I have no land
I cannot maintain her, I've no silver and gold
Can't give her the nice things that a big house will hold
But if I were a merchant and I could write a fine hand
And I'd write my love a letter that she'd understand
I'd write it by the river where the waters o'erflow
And I'll dream of Pretty Saro wherever I go
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Judy Collins performs "Pretty Saro", and this lyric page sits inside the Judy Collins catalog on LyroVerse.
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