When I was young I was well beloved
By all the young men in this country.
When I was young, love, and in full blossom,
A false young man came a-courting me.
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O love it is pleasing, and love is teasing,
And love is a treasure when first it's new.
But when it grows older it waxes colder,
And fades away like the morning dew.
I left my father, I left my mother,
I left my brothers and sisters, too.
I left my home and my kind relations
I left them all for the love of you.
Chorus
I never thought that my love would leave me,
Until one morning when he came in.
He drew up a chair and sat down beside me,
And then my sorrows they did begin.
Chorus
O turn you round, love, your wheel of fortune,
Turn you around, love, and smile on me.
For surely there'll be a place of torment
For this young man who deceived me.
Chorus
So girls beware of your false true lovers,
Never mind what a young man say.
He's like a star on a foggy morning,
You think he's near, and he's far away.
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Midi-Arrangement von Ron Clarke