Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies

Come all ye fair and tender ladies

Be careful how you court young men

They're like a star on a summer's morning

First you think they're there

Then they're far away

They'll tell to you some lovin' story

They'll tell to you some far flung lie

And then they'll go and court another

And let another pass you by

If i'd of known before i courted

That love, it was, such a killin' crime

I'da locked my heart in a box of golden

And tied it up with a silver line

I wish i was a little sparrow

That i had wings, could fly so high

I'd fly away to my false true lover

And when he's talking, i'd deny

But i am not a little sparrow

I have no wings and i cannot fly

I'll go away to some lonesome valley

And weep and pass my troubles by

My daddy, he's , he's a handsome devil

He's got a chain that's five miles long

And on each chain, a heart does dangle

Of some fair maid, he's loved and wronged.