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Thread #20147   Message #208488
Posted By: Dave (the ancient mariner)
07-Apr-00 - 03:15 PM
Thread Name: Looking for the name of a tune... (closed thread)
Subject: Lyr Add: EARLY ONE MORNING

The song is called: EARLY ONE MORNING. One of the first songs I learned to sing; and a favourite still. Yours, Aye. Dave

Here are the lyrics.

Early one morning, just as the sun was rising
I heard a maiden sing in the valley below
Oh, don't deceive me; oh, never leave me!
How could you use a poor maiden so?

Oh gay is the garland, and fresh are the roses,
I've cull'd from the garden to bind on thy brow.
Oh don't deceive me; oh, never leave me!
How could you use a poor maiden so?

Remember the vows that you made to your Mary,
Remember the bow'r where you vow'd to be true
Oh, don't deceive me; Oh, never leave me!
How could you use a poor maiden so?

Thus sang the poor maiden, her sorrows bewailing
Thus sang the poor maid in the valley below
Oh, don't deceive me; oh, never leave me!
How could you use a poor maiden so?