Mary in KY thanks for all your praise on Hearme. So much for jitters you guys make me feel great. I've got a new CD of Street Walkin Blues(1924-56) and as I get down the tunes and lyrics I'll send you a PM if you'd like. Hope you'll add the midi file because this took several trips to the newcomer's thread.I'm amazed at how my tech skills are growing just because I wanted to clean up my old scout songbook. Besure to check The Ladys Case in the DT for Additional Lyrics. There is also some song history there.

Joe, Sorry sorry for the mess I left in the biblical and humorous thread ( missing words, typos etc.) But I really do learn from my mistakes. I will figure out how to do this right. It just might take a few trys.

Tinker


HARD IS THE FORTUNE OF ALL WOMANKIND
(TRADITIONAL)


Oh, hard is the fortune of all womankind,
We're always controlled and were always confined,
And when we get married to end all our strife,
We're slaves to our husbands for the rest of our lives.

All young girls take warning, take warning from me,
Never place your affections on a young man so free,
They will hug you and kiss you and tell you more lies,
Than the cross-ties on the railroad or the stars in the sky.

Of meeting is a pleasure and parting is a grief,
And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief,
For a thief will just rob you and take what you have,
But a false-hearted lover will make you his slave.

He'll call you his darling, he'll call you his pearl,
And go behind you with some other girl;
You'll cook just to please him and scrub all his floors,
And if you won't love him, he'll call you a whore.

Repeat first Verse




Same tune as Wagoner's Lad. Joan Baez used the first verse to open Wagoner's Lad In Joan Baez Vol. 2
. Taken from Folk Singer's Wordbook. Additional lyrics see The Lady's Case. KAD