Carter Family
Carter Family - Forsaken Love lyrics
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They stood in the moonlight beside the gate Goodbye my darling I know you'll wait He sees her weeping and smile through her tears Saying I've been true love through these long years For on tomorrow at the break of day He was to journey far far away He held her closer his promised bride And to her questions these words replied I've loved you always yes I've been true My heart shall ever beloved for you O darling believe me far over the sea Through life or death so faithful I'll be One year past by he's coming home His pilgrimage over no longer to roam And smiling he thinks of her shinning eyes Shinning with welcoming glad surprise A dandy letter he takes from his breast To which his extended lips were pressed And reading once more by the warming light These words he had spoken to her that night Once more he seeks the old garden gate But he rides a land alas it's too late The wedding is over the knot is tied He finds his darling another's bride And later they found him there on the grass A pistol near by tells what had passed A crop of letters that explained the deed And in the pale moonlight these words did read