ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY 1925 |
\nON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY,
\nALL COVERED WITH SNOW,
\nI LOST MY TRUE LOVER
\nFOR COURTIN\u2019 TOO SLOW.
\nFOR COURTIN\u2019S A PLEASURE,
\nAND PARTING IS GRIEF,
\nAND A FALSE-HEARTED LOVER
\nIS WORSE THAN A THIEF.
\nA THIEF WILL JUST ROB YOU,
\nAND TAKE ALL YOU HAVE,
\nBUT A FALSE-HEARTED LOVER
\nWILL DRIVE YOU TO THE GRAVE.
\nTHE GRAVE WILL DECAY YOU,
\nAND TURN YOU TO DUST,
\nNOT ONE MAN IN A HUNDRED
\nA POOR GIRL CAN TRUST.
\nHE\u2019LL HUG YOU AND KISS YOU,
\nAND TELL YOU MORE LIES,
\nTHAN CROSS-TIES ON A RAILROAD
\nOR STARS IN THE SKY.
\nSO COME YE YOUNG MAIDENS,
\nCOME LISTEN TO ME.
\nNEVER PLACE YOUR AFFECTIONS,
\nON A GREEN WILLOW TREE.
\nTHE LEAVES THEY WILL WHITHER,
\nTHE ROOTS THEY WILL DIE,
\nAND YOU\u2019LL BE FORSAKEN
\nAND NEVER KNOW WHY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY 1925 | ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY, ALL COVERED WITH SNOW, I LOST MY TRUE LOVER FOR COURTIN\u2019 TOO SLOW. FOR COURTIN\u2019S A PLEASURE, AND PARTING IS GRIEF, AND A FALSE-HEARTED LOVER IS WORSE THAN A THIEF. A THIEF WILL JUST ROB YOU, AND TAKE …