Cat. #0448 (MFH #462) - As sung by Mr. William Edens, Mont Ne, Arkansas on January 20, 1960
VERSE 1
I once't knew a little girl
I loved her as my life
I did freely give my heart an' hand
To make her my wife
I took 'er by th arm
An' I led 'er to the door
I laid my yarms around 'er
And I asked her once't more
O, I asked her once't more
VERSE 2
She treated me with scorn
An' she caused me to pain
The answer that she give me was
You need'nt come again
O, you need'nt come again
VERSE 3
She wrote to me a letter
In about three weeks or four
An' in that letter, yes, she said,
O, do come once't more
O, do come once't more
VERSE 4
I wrote to her a letter
Which I 'llowed most did contain
An' it I told 'er, yes, I said
You'll not forget th time
You said, I need'nt come again
O, I need'nt come again
VERSE 5
An' she wrote to me an answer
Which I 'llowed most did contain
She said to me, you must forget th time I said,
You need'nt come again
O, you need'nt come again
VERSE 6
I wrote to her a letter
Just all for to let 'er know
That young mans off times ventures
Where they'd ought not t' go
Where they'd ought not to go
Mr. Edens says, he is 96 years old.