MAID OF THE SWEET BROWN KNOWE Come all ye lads and
lasses, and hear my mournful tale, Ye tender
hearts that weep for love to sigh you will not
fail, 'Tis all about a young man, and my song will
tell you how He lately came a-courtin' of the Maid
of the Sweet Brown Knowe. Said he, "My pretty
young fair maid, could you and I agree, To join
our hands in wedlock bands, and married we will
be; We'll join our hands in wedlock bands, and
you'll have my plighted vow, That I'll do my whole
endeavors for the Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe.
Now this young and pretty fickle thing, she knew
not what to say, Her eyes did shine like silver
bright, and merrily did play; Says she, "Young
man, your love subdue, I am not ready now, And
I'll spend another season at the foot of the Sweet
Brown Knowe." "Oh," says he, "My pretty young fair
maid, now why do you say so? Look down in yonder
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/Dymvalley where my verdant crops do grow. Look down
in yonder valley at my horses and my plough, All
at their daily labor for the Maid of the Sweet
Brown Knowe." "If they're at their daily labor,
kind sir, it is not for me. I've heard of your
behavior, I have, kind sir, " said she; "There is
an inn where you drop in, I've heard the people
say, Where you rap and you call and you pay for
all, and go home by the break of day." "If I rap
and I call and I pay for all, my money is all my
own. I've never spent aught of your fortune, for I
hear that you've got none. You thought you had my
poor heart broke in talkin' to you now, But I'll
leave you where I found you, at the foot of the
Sweet Brown Knowe." Recorded by Burl Ives and
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