Come pretty young girls give me your attention
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To these few lines I've tried to write
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About a man who I won't mention
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Who courted of his charming bride
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And when her parents came to know him
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They tried so hard both day and night
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To separate here and her own true lover
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Her and her own true hearts delight
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She turned her back upon the city
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She viewed the fields and meadows round
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She came upon a broad river
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And in the shade of a tree sat down
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Her true love being not far behind
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He heard her make a mournful sound
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And looking on her lifeless body
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As she lay cold upon the ground
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He then took out his silver weapon
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He pierced it through his tender heart
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Sayin let this be a dreadful warning
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For all true lovers that have to part
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Tragic Love
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| Stanley Brothers |
