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On top of Old Smokey |
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All covered with snow |
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Lost my true lover, I lost my true lover |
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Courtin' so slow, for courtin' so slow |
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For courting's a pleasure, for courting's a pleasure |
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But parting is grief, but parting is grief |
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And the false hearted lover, and the false hearted lover |
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Worse than a thief, is worse than a thief |
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A thief will just rob you, a thief will just rob you |
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Take what you have, and take what you have |
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A false hearted lover, but a false hearted lover |
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Lead you to the grave, will lead you to the grave |
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And the grave will decay you, and the grave will decay you |
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Turn you to dust, and turn you to dust |
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Not one boy in a hundred, not one boy in a hundred |
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A poor girl can trust, a poor girl can trust |
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They'll hug you and kiss you, they'll hug you and kiss you |
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Tell you more lies, and tell you more lies |
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Than cross ties on a railroad, than the cross ties on a railroad |
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Or stars in the sky, or stars in the sky |
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So, come all you maidens, come all you young maidens |
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And listen to me, and listen to me |
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Never place your affection, never place your affection |
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On a green willow tree, on a green willow tree |
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The leaves, they will wither, for the leaves, they will wither |
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Roots they will die, the roots they will die |
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You'll all be forsaken, you'll all be forsaken |
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Never know why, and never know why |
