Cat. #0555 (MFH #511) - As sung by Mrs. Norma Kisner, Springdale, Arkansas on November 25, 1960
VERSE 1
Pretty fair miss, all in her garden
Came a gay cowboy, riding by
Sayin, pretty fair Miss, O, will you marry
Pretty fair Miss, will ya marry me
VERSE 2
O no, o no, your a nice young fellow
How can you impose on a girl like me
When'd I have a lover among those cowboys
Just three year away, he's been
VERSE 3
Perhaps he's dead or perhaps he's drowned
Or perhaps he's by some Indian slain
Or perhaps he's to some pretty girl married
An' will never return to thee
VERSE 4
O, if he's dead, I hope he's happy
Or if he's by some Indian slain
And if he's to some pretty girl married
I'll always love th girl married him
VERSE 5
He thrust his hands into his pockets
His fingers being very small
He drew forth a ring that she had gave him
An' straight before him she did fall
VERSE 6
He picked her up like a fond brother
An' kissed he gave her, one, two, three
Saying, pretty fair Miss, O will you marry
Pretty fair Miss, will you marry me
VERSE 7
O yes, O yes, O yes, I'll marry
O yes, O yes, I will marry thee
VERSE 8
Come all you young an' tender ladies
An' take a warning from a girl like me
If ya have a lover, among those cowboys
Just wait an' he will return to thee