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Composer: Traditional

Shirley Collins - Pretty Saro lyrics



I came to this country in eighteen-forty-nine,
I saw many true loves but never saw mine.
I viewed all around me and I am alone,
And me a poor soldier and far from my home.
It's not the long journey I'm dreading to go,
Nor leaving the country for the deads that I owe.
There is nothing that grieves me nor troubles my mind
Like leaving pretty Saro my darling behind.
I wish I was a poet and could write a fine hand,
I'd write my love a letter that she might understand.
I'd send it by the island where them waters overflow
I'd think on pretty Saro wherever I go.
Farewell, my dear father, likewise mother too,
I'm going for to ramble this country all through.
And when I get tired I'll sit down and cry
And think on Pretty Saro with tears in my eye.
Songs list of album: Folk Roots, New Routes (1964)
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02   Proud Maisrie lyrics  
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03   The Cherry Tree Carol lyrics  
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05   Hares on the Mountain lyrics   -
06   Reynardine lyrics   -
07   Pretty Saro lyrics  
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13   Bad Girl lyrics  
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16   Dearest Dear lyrics  
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