Artist: Red Tail Ring Song: Come all Ye Fair & Tender Ladies Album: Fall Away Blues
Come all ye fair and tender ladies Take warning how you court young men They’re like the stars on a summer’s morning First they appear and then they’re gone
My father is a handsome devil He wears a chain 5 miles long On every link a heart does dangle Of another maid he’s loved and dropped
If I had known before I courted I never would have courted none No I’d have locked my heart in a box of golden And fastened it up with a silver pin
I wish I were a little sparrow And I had wings and I could fly I’d fly away to my own false lover And when he’s talkin' I’d draw nigh
But I am not a little sparrow I have no wings nor can I fly So I’ll sit right here and weep in sorrow And try to pass my troubles by
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