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T:Pretty Saro
B:Alan Lomax, The Penguin Book of American Folk Songs, Penguin, 1964
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:Way *down in the lone_ val-ley,_ in_ some_ lone-some_ place,
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w: I_ wish no_ bet-ter pas-time than to be_ with_ my_ sweet,
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w:But she says she_ won't_ have_ me,_ so that I un-der-stand
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w:She_ wants some_ free--hold--er, where I have no la
W:Way down in the lone valley, in some lonesome place,
W:I wish no better pastime than to be with my sweet,
W:But she says she won't have me, so that I understand
W:She wants some freeholder, where I have no land.
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W:I cannot maintain her with silver and gold,
W:Nor buy her all the fine things that a big house can hold.
W:So farewell, pretty Saro, I bid thee adieu,
W:I'm going to ramble the whole world all through.
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W:If I were a merchant and could write some fine hand,
W:I would write my love a letter that she might understand.
W:I would send it by the river where the water do flow,
W:And I'll think of pretty Saro wherever I go.
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W:I wish I were a dove and had wings and could fly,
W:This night to my love's window I would draw nigh.
W:And in her lily-white arms all night I would lay,
W:And watch them little windows to the dawning of the day.
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