English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians

122 Songs and Ballads, and 323 Tunes With Lyrics & sheet Music - online book

	No. 61
	The True Lover's Farewell A
	2   If I prove false to you, my love, The earth may melt and burn, The sea may free2e and the earth may burn, If I no more return. 3   Ten thousand miles, my own true love, Ten thousand miles or more; The rocks may melt and the sea may burn, If I never no more return. 4   And who will shoe your pretty little feet, Or who will glove your hand, Or who will kiss your red rosy cheek When I'm in the foreign land ? 5   My father will shoe my pretty little feet, My mother will glove my hand, And you can kiss my red rosy cheek When you return again. 6  O don't you see yon little turtle dove, A-skipping from vine to vine, A-mourning the loss of its own true love Just as I mourn for mine? 7   Don't you see yon pretty little girl A-spinning on yonder wheel ? Ten thousand gay, gold guineas would 1 give To feel just like she feels. 208