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, oh 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, please come no more" Well I'd not been gone for about six months When she did complain And she wrote me a letter Saying, "Please come back again, oh please come again" And I wrote her an answer just to let her know That no young man should venture Where once he could not go, oh where once he could not go So come all ye young lovers take a warning from me And never place your affection On a green growing tree, oh on a green growing tree "Cause the leaves they will whither, roots will decay And the beauty of a young maid Will soon fade away, oh soon fade away recorded by Joan Baez SOF
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