A beautiful version by Red Tail Ring

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