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Pretty Saro
Aubrey Haynie
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Ashley Monroe
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When I first come to this country in 18 and 49
I saw many fair lovers but never saw mine
I viewed it all around me, saw I was quite alone
Me, a poor stranger and a long way from home
Well my true love, she won't have me and it's this I understand
For she wants some freeholder and I have no land
I couldn't maintain her on silver and gold
And all of the other fine things that my love's house could hold
Fare thee well to oh mother, fare thee well to my father too
I'm going for to ramble this wide world all through
And when I get weary, I'll sit down and cry
And think of my Saro, pretty Saro, my bride
Well I wish I was a turtle dove, had wings and could fly
Far away to my lover's lodgings, tonight I'd draw the line
And there in her lily white arms, I'd lay there all night
And watch through them little windows for the dawning of day
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