If one won’t, another will    (video)

 

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1. I went one Sunday evening my true love for to see,

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    I asked her to marry and she would not answer me.

 

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2. The night is almost ended ‘tis near the break of day,

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    I'm waiting for an answer, oh, what will you say ?

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    Kind sir, if I must tell you I choose the single life,

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    I never thought it suited me for me to be your wife.

 

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3. Then take this for your answer and for yourself provide,

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    I have another lover and you must be denied.

 

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4. In the course of six weeks later this lady's mind did change,

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    she wrote me a letter, Kind sir, I feel ashamed.

 

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5. I feel as though I slighted you, I cannot hear you mourn,

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    so here's my heart, come take it, and claim it as your own.

 

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6. I wrote her back an answer, I sent it back in speed,

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    I only once did love you, I loved you dear indeed.

 

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7. But since my mind has changed me, I seek another way,

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    upon some pretty fair maiden my heart will have its place.

 

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8. Upon some pretty fair maiden my heart shall have its fill,

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    this world is wide and lonely, if one won’t, another one will.

 

(video = capo 5th)    (The Carter Family)