YOU DENIED YOUR LOVE
(A. P. Carter)

That was the day when you went away. You broke my heart in the month of May.
That little ring I gave to you, was to show you, dear, my love was true.

Sweet are the flowers of our friendship, that has bloomed our whole life through.
But ne'er forget though you're far away, they're blooming in my heart today.

You denied your love but you proved it so. You came to see me when the sun was low.
You broke my heart but you were kind, when you said, "Oh, dear, you'll never be mine."

Oh let me tell you what love will do, if you love a boy that don't love you:
They'll break your heart, they'll leave you 'lone, they'll roam the west so far from home.
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As recorded by the Carter Family, Decca 5702, 1938.
@country @rejection JTD ^^