[00:00.00]Once I knew a pretty girl
[00:03.00]I loved her as my life
[00:09.00]I'd gladly give my heart and hand
[00:13.00]To make her my wife
[00:18.00]Ooh, to make her my wife
[00:30.00]She took me by the hand
[00:35.00]She led me to the door
[00:38.00]She put her arms around me
[00:41.00]Saying, "Please don't come no more"
[00:47.00]Ooh, please, come no more
[00:58.00]Well, I'd not been gone but about six months
[01:02.00]When she did complain
[01:05.00]And she wrote me a letter
[01:08.00]Saying, "Please come back again."
[01:13.00]Ooh, please, come again
[01:24.00]And I wrote her an answer
[01:28.00]Just for to let her know
[01:31.00]That no young man should venture
[01:36.00]Where once he could not go
[01:40.00]]Ooh, where once he could not go
[01:55.00]So come all you young lovers
[01:59.00]Take a warning from me
[02:02.00]And never place your affections
[02:06.00]On a green growing tree
[02:10.00]Ooh, on a green growing tree
[02:20.00]Cause the leaves they will wither
[02:25.00]Roots will decay
[02:28.00]And the beauty of a young maid will soon fade away
[02:36.00]Ooh, soon fade away