Hi Liza,
It's been awhile since I've felt like posting lyrics but here is the way I sing this:

I TRULY UNDERSTAND

I wish to the lord I'd never been born
or died when I was young
Before I'd seen your two brown eyes
Or heard your flattering tongue my love
or heard your flattering tongue.

I truly understand that you love another man
and your heart shall no longer be mine
I truly understand that you love another man
and your heart shall no longer be mine

Oh who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot
and who's gonna glove your hand
And who's gonna be your own true love
When I'm in the foreign land
chorus

Oh pappa's gonna shoe my pretty little foot
and mama's gonna glove my hand
and you'll still be my own true love
When you're in a foreign land
chorus

I'll never listen to what no other woman says
Let her hair be black or brown
But I'd rather be on the top of some hill
With the rain a pourin down down down
With the rain a pourin down
chorus
I learned it in Arkansas and I'm sure my version is an amalgamation (illustrating "the folk process" in all it's glory)...harpgirl
anyone know any other versions?