Fair And Tender Ladies / Silver Dagger / Dark Hollow lyrics

Fair And Tender Ladies (trad.)		Silver Dagger (trad.)
My daddy was a handsome gambler He had a chain five miles long On every link a heart gets dangled Of another maid he loved and wronged He told to you some loving story He'd make you think he'd leave them true But love grows cold as love grows older And fades away like morning dew I'd rather be in some dark hollow Where the sun refused to shine Than to live here in Missouri With your memory always on my mind Come all ye fair and tender ladies Take warning how your court your man They're like a star on a summer's morning First they appear then they're gone again		Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother She's sleeping here right by my side And in her right hand a silver dagger She says that I can't be your bride All men are false, says my mother They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies The very next evening, they'll court another Leave you alone to pine and sigh My daddy is a handsome devil He's got a chain five miles long And on every link a heart does dangle Of another maid he's loved and wronged Go court another tender maiden And hope that she will be your wife For I've been warned, and I've decided To sleep alone all of my life.

Dark Hollow (Bill Browning) I'd rather be in some dark hollow Where the sun don't ever shine Than to be at home alone and knowing that you're gone Would cause me to lose my mind And blow your whistle freight train Carry me farther on down the track I'm going away I'm leaving today I'm going but I ain't coming back I'd rather be in some dark hollow Where the sun don't ever shine Than to be in some big city In a small room with your love on my mind And blow your whistle freight train Carry me farther on down the track I'm going away I'm leaving today I'm going but I ain't coming back Well, and blow your whistle freight train Carry me farther on down the track Well, I'm going away I'm leaving today I'm going but I ain't coming back I'm going away I'm leaving today I'm going but I ain't coming back Fort Knox Music / Trio Music Co. (BMI)		Dark Hollow (trad.) I'd rather be in some dark hollow Where the sun don't ever shine Then to be at home alone and knowin' that you're gone Would cause me to lose my mind So blow your whistle freight train Take me far on down the track I'm going away, I'm leaving today I'm goin', but I ain't comin' back I'd rather be in some dark hollow Where the sun don't ever shine Then to be in some big city In a small room, with you on my mind I'd rather be in some dark hollow Where the sun don't ever shine Then to see you another man's darlin' And to know that you'll never be mine Gene Clark "Flying High" 1998

Katy Dear as sung by Ian & Sylvia Oh, Katy Dear, go ask your father If you might be a bride of mine If he says yes then come and tell me If he says no, we'll run away. I cannot go and ask my father For he is on his bed of rest And by his side there's a golden dagger To pierce the heart I love the best. Oh Katy Dear, go ask your mother If you might be a bride of mine If she says yes then come and tell me If she says no, we'll run away. I cannot go and ask my mother For she is on her bed of rest And by her side there's a silver dagger To pierce the heart I love the best. He picked up a silver dagger He pierced it through his wounded breast Farewell Katy, farewell darling I'll die for the one I love the best. She picked up the bloody weapon She pierced it through her snow-white breast Farewell Momma Farewell Poppa I'll go with the one I love the best.		Tiny Sparrow (Storkey/Mezzetti) as sung by Peter Paul and Mary Come all ye fair and tender ladies, Take warning how you court your men. They're like the stars on a summer's mornin' First they'll appear and then they're gone. If I had known before I courted What all his lyin' could have done I'd have locked my heart in a box of golden And never would have courted none. I wish I were a tiny sparrow And I had wings and I could fly. I'd fly away to my own true lover And all he'd ask I would deny. Alas I'm not a tiny sparrow I have not wings nor can I fly And on this earth in grief and sorrow I am bound until I die. Come all ye fair and tender ladies Take warning how you court your men. They're like the stars on a summer's mornin' First they'll appear and then they're gone.