Fair And Lovely

Come all ye fair and tender ladies Take warning how you court young men They're like a star on a summer morning They first appear and then they're gone. They'll tell to you some loving story And they'll make you think that they love you well Then away they'll go and court some other And leave you there in grief to dwell. I wish I was on some tall mountain Where the ivy rocks are black as ink I'd write a letter to my false true lover Whose cheeks are like the morning pink. Oh love is handsome love is charming And love is pretty while it's new But love grows cold as love grows old And fades away like morning dew. And fades away like morning dew...

Come all you fair and tender ladies Be careful how you court young men They're like the stars on a summer's morning They first appear and then they're gone They'll tell to you some flattering story And then declare they love you well Away they'll go and court some other And leave you hear in grief to dwell I wish to the lord I'd never seen him Or in his cradle he had died To think a fair and tender lady Did fall in love and was denied I wish I was a little sparrow And one of them that could fly so high I would fly away to my true love's dwelling When he would speak I'd be close by But I am none of those little sparrows And none of those that fly so high So I'll sit down in grief and sorrow And hope my morrow will pass by Oh love is handsome and love is charming And love's a beauty when first it's new But love grows older and love grows colder It fades away like the morning dew Come all you fair and tender ladies Be careful how you court young men They're like the stars on a summer's morning They first appear and then they're gone