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Artist: The Carter Family
Canonical path: /the-carter-family/dark-haired-true-lover
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Dark Haired True Lover
Read Dark Haired True Lover lyrics by The Carter Family on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Dark Haired True Lover
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I once had a dark haired true lover
She was all this world to me
She promised herself to another
Now don't you think this was mean
Chorus
Take back every word you have spoken
Let it be as though we never met
For tonight I'm a poor boy heartbroken I'll forgive but I'll never forget
I was young when I wrote my first letter
I blotted the lines with tears
But now I am old, I know better
We've parted for many long years
Chorus
Oh, Ruth, Oh, Ruth, how I love you
You just seemed to me like a bird
Although you went back on your promise
Although you went back on your word
Chorus
We parted in the month of September
Some says we parted for life
But I hope some day or another
I'll call you my sweet darling wife
Chorus
I wish I had someone to love me
Someone to call me their own
For I'm out in this wide world a-wandering
I'm tired of living alone
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The Carter Family performs "Dark Haired True Lover", and this lyric page sits inside the The Carter Family catalog on LyroVerse.
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