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Fair and Tender Ladies

from American Hornpipe by Dana and Susan Robinson

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Fair and Tender Ladies

Come all you fair and tender ladies
Be careful how you court young men.
They’re like a star of a summer’s morning.
They’ll first appear and then they’re gone.

They’ll tell to you some loving story
Declare to you their love is true.
Straightway they’ll go and court some other
And that’s the love they have for you.

If I’d a’known before I courted
I never would have courted none.
I’d have locked my heart in a box all golden
And fastened it down with a silver pin.

I wish I was some little sparrow
That I had wings, could fly so high.
I’d fly away to my false true lover
And as he’s talking I’d be by.

But as I am no little sparrow
And neither have I wings to fly.
I’ll sit down here in grief and sorrow
To weep and pass my troubles by.

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from American Hornpipe, released June 1, 2012

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Dana and Susan Robinson Cabot, Vermont

"From Cabot, Vermont – Americana-roots and folk duo, Dana and Susan Robinson combine vivid, songwriting with fiddle tunes, oldtime banjo, elegant melodies, and rich harmony singing."

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