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come all you fair and tender ladies ( maidens )
rosanne cash from the songcatcher ( traditional appalachian music , sometimes known as
little sparrow , performed by many artists , in different keys . emmylou harris , peter , paul
and mary , the carter family , lumiere , gene clark , dolly pardon , joan baez etc )

( words from the joan baez version )

A

A
come all ye fair and tender ladies .
E Bm
be careful how you court young men .
E Bm A
they’re like a star on a summer’s morning .
E Bm E A Asus4 *
they’ll first appear and then they’re gone .

A
they’ll tell you some loving story
E Bm
they’ll declare to you their love is true
E Bm A
then they will go and court some other
E Bm E A Asus4 *
and that’s the love they have for you

A
do you remember our days of courting
E Bm
when your head lay upon my breast
E Bm A
you could make me believe with falling of your arm
E Bm E A Asus4 *
that the sun rose in the west

A
i wish i was a little sparrow ,
E Bm
and i had wings with which to fly
E Bm A
right over to see my false true – lover ,
E Bm E A Asus4 *
and when he’s talking i’d be nigh .

A
but i’m not a little sparrow ,
E Bm
i have no wings with which to fly
E Bm A
so i sit here in grief and sorrow ,
E Bm E A
to weep and pass my troubles by .

* optional

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