Historical Folk Lyrics
"Early In The Spring"

/ 5
0 reviewers
Do you like this song?
(click stars to rate)
save!
my lyricsbox
It was early, early in the spring
I went on board to serve my king,
Leaving my dearest far behind,
She had oft-times told me her heart was mine.

I wrote letters to my dear,
But nothing from her did I hear,
Until I came to her father's house,
So loud did rap, for her did call.

"Go away, young man, it's don't you know
My daughter's married a long time ago.
My daughter's married for the terms of life,
Go away, young man, and seek another wife."

Curse be the gold and the silver, too,
Curse be the girl that won't prove true;
Curse be the girl that will promise me
And break her vow for treasury.

I will return from whence I came,
I'll plow those seas all over again,
I'll plow those seas till the day I die.
I'll split those waves that roll mountain high.

"O, Johnny, Johnny, don't say so,
Through those dangers you cannot go,
For it was father's fault, it was none of mine,
Don't press too hard on the female kind."

It was early, early in the morn,
She arose, put on her new silk gown.
Straightway to her lover she then did go,
And unto him she did prove true.

"I love my father and mother both,
I love my brothers and sisters all,
I love my friends and relations, too,
But I'll forsake them all and go with you."
This song is from the album "Cowboy And Western Songs".