Adieu false heart, since we must part May the joys of the world go with you I’ve loved you long with a faithful heart But never anymore can i believe you i’ve seen the time i’d have married you And been your constant lover But now i’d gladly give you up For one who’s heart’s more truer My mind is like a constant sun From the east to the west it ranges But yours is like unto the moon It’s every month it changes When i lay down to take my rest No scornful one to wake me i’ll go straightway unto my grave Just as fast as time can take me This bitter-sweet love song was recorded by Fiddlin' Arthur Smith and the Delmore Brothers in 1938 and more recently resurfaced in the reconstructed fourth volume of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. Little is known of its origins. It was collected in Campbell County, Virginia by a folklorist in 1931. Other than that there is no earlier trace.
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