Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Be careful how you court young men
They're like a star on a summer's morning
First you think they're there
Then they're far away

They'll tell to you some lovin' story
They'll tell to you some far flung lie
And then they'll go and court another
And let another pass you by

If i'd of known before i courted
That love, it was, such a killin' crime
I'da locked my heart in a box of golden
And tied it up with a silver line

I wish i was a little sparrow
That i had wings, could fly so high
I'd fly away to my false true lover
And when he's talking, i'd deny

But i am not a little sparrow
I have no wings and i cannot fly
I'll go away to some lonesome valley
And weep and pass my troubles by

My daddy, he's , he's a handsome devil
He's got a chain that's five miles long
And on each chain, a heart does dangle
Of some fair maid, he's loved and wronged.