English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians

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	No. 103
	Come All You Young and Handsome Girls

	2 I know that the minds of girls are weak And the minds of boys are strong, And if you listen to their advice, They will sure advise you wrong. 3 They will tell you that they love you dear, And wish you safe from harm ; Before they will betray their thought, They would give up their right arm. 4 When I was in my sixteenth year, And Willie courted me, He said if I would go with him His loving wife I would be. 5 My heart it was confined to him, I could not well say No ; I thought I knew him to be my friend, And away with him I did go. 6 When I was far away from home, It was my happiest life. He said to me: You may go back home, You cannot be my wife. 7 My father he was kind to me, My mother she loved me dear. You know you have persuaded me away; How can you leave me here ? 8 Nellie, Nellie, my darling girl, No fault I find with you ; I am bound to ramble all around; Now I bid you adieu.
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