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Once I Knew a Pretty Girl Lyrics
Once I Knew a Pretty Girl (Traditional)
Once I knew a pretty girl
I loved her as my life
I'd gladly give my heart and hand
To make her my wife
Ooh to make her my wife
She took me by the hand
She led me to the door
She put her arms around me
Saying, "Please don't come no more
Ooh please come no more"
Well I'd not been gone but about six months
When she did complain
And she wrote me a letter
Saying, "Please come back again
Ooh please come again"
And I wrote her an answer
Just for to let her know
That no young man should venture
Where once he could not go
Ooh where once he could not go
So come on ye young lovers
Take a warning from me
And never place your affections
On a green growing tree
Ooh on a green growing tree
"Cause the leaves they will whither
Roots will decay
And a beauty of a young maid
Will soon fade away
Ooh soon fade away"
I loved her as my life
I'd gladly give my heart and hand
To make her my wife
Ooh to make her my wife
She led me to the door
She put her arms around me
Saying, "Please don't come no more
Ooh please come no more"
When she did complain
And she wrote me a letter
Saying, "Please come back again
Ooh please come again"
Just for to let her know
That no young man should venture
Where once he could not go
Ooh where once he could not go
Take a warning from me
And never place your affections
On a green growing tree
Ooh on a green growing tree
Roots will decay
And a beauty of a young maid
Will soon fade away
Ooh soon fade away"
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I hate the cruel tradition: "That no young man should venture Where once he could not go" Such a pride pig to bury his love, and hers, too. And call us all along. However, Joan sings anything but proudly. The two ruined their lives whatever they say, and we hear it between the lines. So, nothing self-righteous, but pure woe. I think I replayed it like 30 times, my LP was "sandy" (kind of noise).