On Top Of Old Smoky Lyrics by Burl Ives
Album : Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Clean Lyric
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Artist: Burl Ives
Title: On the top of old smokey
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On top of old smokey
All covered with snow
I lost my true lover
From courting too slow
For courting's a pleasure
And parting's a grief
And a false hearted lover
Is worse than a thief
For a thief will just rob you
And take all you save
But a false hearted lover
Will lead you to the grave
And the grave will decay
You and turn you to dust
Not one girl in fifty
A poor boy can trust
They'll hug you and kiss you
And tell you more lies
Than cross lines on a railroad
Or stars in the skies

So come all your maidens
And listen to me
Never place your affections
On a green willow tree
For the leaves they will wither
And the roots they will die
You'll all be forsaken
And never know why.
Artist: Burl Ives   Title: On the top of old smokey   -----------------------------------      On top of old smokey   All covered with snow   I lost my true lover   From courting too slow   For courting's a pleasure   And parting's a grief   And a false hearted lover   Is worse than a thief   For a thief will just rob you   And take all you save   But a false hearted lover   Will lead you to the grave   And the grave will decay   You and turn you to dust   Not one girl in fifty   A poor boy can trust   They'll hug you and kiss you   And tell you more lies   Than cross lines on a railroad   Or stars in the skies      So come all your maidens   And listen to me   Never place your affections   On a green willow tree   For the leaves they will wither   And the roots they will die   You'll all be forsaken   And never know why.