Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies

Come all ye fair and tender ladies

Take warning how you court your men

They're like the stars on a summer's morning

First they'll appear and then they're gone

I wish I'd known before I courted

What all his lying would have done

I'd have locked my heart in a cask of golden

And all he asked I would deny

I wish I was a tiny sparrow

And I had wings and I could fly

I'd fly away from my own true lover

And all he asked I would deny

But alas, I'm not a tiny sparrow

I have no wings nor can I fly

But in this world of grief and sorrow

I must live until I die

So come all ye fair and tender ladies

Take warning how you court your men

They're like the stars on a summer's morning

First they'll appear and then they're gone