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Sung by Joan Baez on Joan Baez [first album].
Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother
She's sleeping here, right by my side
And in her right hand, a silver dagger
She says that I can't be your bride
All men are false, says my mother
They tell you wicked, loving lies
The very next evening, they'll court another
Leave you alone to pine and sigh
My daddy is a handsome devil
He's got a chain five miles long
From every link a heart does dangle
Of some fair maid he's loved and wronged
Go court another tender maiden
And hope that she will be your wife
For I've been warned and I've decided
To sleep alone all of my life
A 'night visiting' ballad. Also known as (or related to) The Drowsy Sleeper, Arise Arise, Awake Awake, Waking Dreams, Bedroom Window, O Katie Dear, I Will Put My Ship in Order, Little Satchel, and more.
Mainly Norfolk: Roud 22620 , 22621 ; Laws M4 ; Henry H722 ; Ballad Index LM04 ; VWML CJS2/10/2522A , CJS2/10/1891 ; Mudcat 17334 , 160090 ;
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