Once I Knew A Pretty Girl

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 all you 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 wither

Roots will decay

And the beauty of a young maid will soon fade away

Ooh, soon fade away