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Thread #83657   Message #179720
Posted By: Joe Offer
16-Feb-00 - 08:17 PM
Thread Name: Origins: More Pretty Girls Than One
Subject: Lyr Add: MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE (Silverman)
There are three completely different verses in Jerry Silverman's Folk Song Encyclopedia.

MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE

My mama told me last night,
She gave me good advice,
Better stop your rambling 'round, pretty boy,
And marry you a loving wife.

CHORUS
There's more pretty girls than one,
There's more pretty girls than one;
For every town I rambled around,
There's more pretty girls than one.


Look down that lonesome road,
Hang down your little head and cry,
For thinking of those pretty girls, girls,
And hoping I never will die.

Look down that lonesome road
Before you travel on,
I'm leaving you this lonesome song
To sing when I am gone.

JRO

-Joe Offer-