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Pretty Saro

by My Beemish Boy

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When I first came to this country
In 18 and 49
I saw many fair lovers
but I never saw mine
I viewed it all around me
saw I was quite alone
and me a poor stranger and a long way from home

well my true love she won't have me
and its this i understand
for she wants some free holder
and I have no land
I couldn't maintain her
on silver and gold
and all the other fine things that my love's house should hold

fair thee well to old mother
fair thee well to father too
I am going for to ramble
this wide world all through
when I get weary
I'll sit down and cry
and think of my saro pretty saro my bride

well I wish I was a poet
and could write some fine hand
I would write my love a letter
that she might understand
I'd send it on the water
where the islands overflow
and think of my darling wherever I go

well I wish I was a turtle dove
had wings and could fly
far away to my lover's lodgings
tonight I draw nigh
and there in her lily white arms
I'd lay there all night
and watch through them little windows for the dawning of day

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released October 17, 2011
Traditional - Arranged by My Beemish Boy
Vocals - Hilary Reid-Collins
Slide Guitar - Joshua "Beemish" Johnson

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