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Sung by Joan Baez on Joan Baez
Oh, fare thee well, I must be gone
And leave you for a while
Wherever I go, I will return
If I go ten thousand miles
If I go ten thousand miles
Oh, ten thousand miles, it is so far
To leave me here alone
Well, I may lie, lament and cry
And you'll, you'll not hear my moan
And you'll not hear my moan
Oh, the crow that is so black, my love
Will change his color white
If ever I should prove false to thee
The day, day will turn to night
Yes, the day will turn to night
Oh, the rivers never will run dry
For the rocks melt with the sun
I'll never prove false to the boy I love
Till all, all these things be done
Till all these things be done
TEN THOUSAND MILES from Digitrad
O fare you well, my own true love,
So fare you well for a while
I'm going away, but I'm coming back
If I go ten thousand miles
If I prove false to you, my love
The earth may melt and burn
The sea may freeze and the earth may burn
If I no more return
Ten thousand miles, my own true love
Ten thousand miles or more
The rocks may melt and the seas may burn
If I no more return
And who will shoe your pretty feet
Or who will glove your hand
Or who will kiss your red rosy cheek
When I'm in the foreign land
My father will shoe my pretty little feet
My mother will glove my hand
And you can kiss my red, rosy cheek
When you return again
O don't you see yon little turtle dove
A-skipping from vine to vine
A-mourning the loss of her own true love
Just as I mourn for mine
Don't you see yon pretty little girl
A-spinning on yonder wheel
Ten thousand gay gold guineas would I give
To feel just like she feels
@love @parting
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STRMOCAN,TURTLDOV,TURTDOV2
From Cecil Sharp, English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians.
Collected from Rosie Hensley in Carmen NC in 1916.
From Nic Jones, The Noah's Ark Trap, (third solo album), LP, Trailer LER2091, 1977
Ten Thousand Miles
Fare you well, my own true love,
Farewell for a while
I'm going away, but I'll be back
If I go ten thousand miles
Ten thousand miles, my own true love
Ten thousand miles or more
And the rocks may melt and the seas may burn
If I no more return
Oh don't you see yon lonesome dove
Sitting on yon ivy tree
She's weeping for her own true love
As I shall weep for mine
O come back, my own true love,
Stay awhile with me
For if I had a friend all on this Earth
You've been a friend to me.
Eliza Carthy version, on Heat Light and Sound, and on Red Rice.
Fare you well, my own true love,
Farewell for a while
I'm going away, but I'll be back
If I go ten thousand miles
Ten thousand miles, it is a long way
Ten thousand miles or more
And the rocks may melt and the seas may burn
If I no more return
Oh don't you see yon lonesome dove
Sitting on yon ivy tree
She's making her moan for the loss of her own
As I shall do for mine
Oh come back my own true love
And stay a while with me
For if I knew a friend all on this earth
You've been a friend to me
Fare you well, my own true love,
Farewell for a while
I'm going away, but I'll be back
If I go ten thousand miles
additional stanzas, from Red
If I prove false to you, my love
The earth may melt and burn
The sea may freeze and the earth may burn
If I no more return
Ten thousand miles, my own true love
Ten thousand miles or more
The rocks may melt and the seas may burn
If I no more return
And who will shoe your pretty feet
Or who will glove your hand
Or who will kiss your red rosy cheek
When I'm in the foreign land
My father will shoe my pretty little feet
My mother will glove my hand
And you can kiss my red, rosy cheek
When you return again
O don't you see yon little turtle dove
A-skipping from vine to vine
A-mourning the loss of her own true love
Just as I mourn for mine
Don't you see yon pretty little girl
A-spinning on yonder wheel
Ten thousand gay gold guineas would I give
To feel just like she feel
Reinhard Zierke's page at Mainly Norfolk for The Turtle Dove / Ten Thousand Miles [ Roud 422 ; Ballad Index Wa097 , R793 ; MusTrad DB20 ; VWML CJS2/9/568 , CJS2/10/707 , HAM/3/20/20 ; trad.]
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