Cat. #0097 (MFH #350) - As sung by Mrs. "Aunt" Fannie Pricket, Eureka Springs, Arkansas on May 1, 1958
VERSE 1
O, lonesome scenes of winter
In trying to frost and snow
Dark clouds around me hover
And stormy winds do blow
VERSE 2
I went my love, to see one night
She drew most scornfully
I asked her to marry
She would not answer me
VERSE 3
Says, you are th girl I've chosen
Fer to be my only dear
Your stubborn heart lies folded
Inclined to love I fear
VERSE 4
The little birds sang sweetly
On every bush and vine
My joy would be double
If you were only mine
VERSE 5
This night is almost past and gone
T'is near th break of day
I'm waiting for an answer
My love, what do you say
VERSE 6
Says, I must answer you
Why choose a single life
I never thought it suited
For me to be your wife
VERSE 7
Now, take this for your answer
And by yourself provide
I have another lover
And you are laid aside
VERSE 8
In about two weeks had passed and gone
This ladies mind unchanged (did change)
She wrote me a letter
Saying, kind sir, I am ashamed
VERSE 9
Since you have slighted me
I n'er can hear you mourn
O, here's my heart come take it
And claim it as your own
VERSE 10
I wrote my love a answer
And sent it back in speed
Saying, I loved you once't most dearly
I loved you once't indeed
VERSE 11
Since you have slighted me
I'll turn some other way
Upon a pretty fair maiden
More suited unto me
VERSE 12
I'll go and seek some pretty fair maid
Where love can have its fill
This world is long and wide
If one won't another will