[ar: The Carter Family]
[ti: Forsaken Love]
[al: The Carter Family, Vol. 1]
[id: azwicpso]
[length: 03:12]
[00:16.24]They stood in the moonlight nearby the gate
[00:20.26]Goodbye, my darling, I know you'll wait
[00:23.85]She ceased her weeping and smiled through tears
[00:28.33]Saying, I've been true, love, through these long years
[00:31.93]
[00:32.73]For on tomorrow at the break of day
[00:35.97]He was to journey far far away
[00:39.77]He held her closer, his promised bride
[00:44.16]And to her questions these words replied
[00:47.95]
[00:48.19]I've loved you always, yes, I've been true
[00:51.93]My heart shall never be, love, but for you
[00:55.59]Oh, darling, believe me, far over the sea
[00:59.79]Through life or death, so faithful I'll be
[01:03.83]
[01:19.22]One year passed by, he's coming home
[01:23.20]His pilgrimage over, no longer to roam
[01:26.91]And smiling, he thinks of her shining eye
[01:31.20]Shining with welcome, a glad surprise
[01:35.12]
[01:35.36]A dainty letter he takes from his breast
[01:39.21]To which his extended lips were pressed
[01:42.73]And reading once more by the warming light
[01:46.90]The words he had spoken to her that night
[01:50.67]
[01:51.29]I've loved you always, yes, I've been true
[01:54.76]My heart shall never be, love, but for you
[01:58.35]Oh, darling, believe me, far over the sea
[02:02.44]Through life or death, so faithful I'll be
[02:06.39]
[02:07.39]Once more he seeks the old garden gate
[02:11.31]But he arrives, alas, alas, it's too late
[02:15.11]The wedding is over, the knot is tied
[02:19.02]He finds his darling another's bride
[02:22.75]
[02:22.94]And later they found him there on the grass
[02:27.03]A pistol nearby, still holding fast
[02:30.63]A crop of letters that explained the deed
[02:34.80]And in the pale moonlight these words did read
[02:38.31]
[02:38.56]I've loved you always, yes, I've been true
[02:42.53]My heart shall never be, love, but for you
[02:46.14]Oh, darling, believe me, far over the sea
[02:49.92]Through life or death, so faithful I'll be