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Artist/Band:
Burl Ives
Lyrics for Song: On Top Of Old Smoky
Lyrics for Album: Poor Wayfaring Stranger [1996]
On top of old smokey
All covered with snow
I lost my true lover
From courting too slow
For courting's a pleasure
And parting's a grief
And a false hearted lover
Is worse than a thief
For a thief will just rob you
And take all you save
But a false hearted lover
Will lead you to the grave
And the grave will decay
You and turn you to dust
Not one girl in fifty
A poor boy can trust
They'll hug you and kiss you
And tell you more lies
Than cross lines on a railroad
Or stars in the skies
So come all your maidens
And listen to me
Never place your affections
On a green willow tree
For the leaves they will wither
And the roots they will die
You'll all be forsaken
And never know why.
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| Album Lyrics: Poor Wayfaring Stranger [1996] |
Burl Ives
"Poor Wayfaring Stranger [1996]"
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