Forsaken Love-The Carter Family

[ti:Forsaken Love - Original] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:The Carter Family Selected Favorites, Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Forsaken Love - The Carter Family (卡特家族) [00:17.29]They stood in the moonlight nearby the gate [00:20.78]Goodbye my darling I know you'll wait [00:24.07] [00:25.20]She ceased her weeping and smiled through tears [00:28.60]Saying I've been true love through these long years [00:32.25] [00:33.25]For on tomorrow at the break of day [00:36.64]He was to journey far far away [00:40.11] [00:41.07]He held her closer his promised bride [00:44.52]And to her questions these words replied [00:48.19] [00:49.14]I've loved you always yes I've been true [00:52.52]My heart shall never be love but for you [00:56.04] [00:57.12]Oh darling believe me far over the sea [01:00.36]Through life or death so faithful I'll be [01:03.89] [01:20.52]One year passed by he's coming home [01:23.95]His pilgrimage over no longer to roam [01:27.41] [01:28.42]And smiling he thinks of her shining eye [01:32.22]Shining with welcome a glad surprise [01:35.63] [01:36.53]A dainty letter he takes from his breast [01:39.80]To which his extended lips were pressed [01:43.21] [01:44.28]And reading once more by the warming light [01:47.70]The words he had spoken to her that night [01:51.13] [01:52.07]I've loved you always yes I've been true [01:55.43]My heart shall never be love but for you [01:58.91] [02:00.09]Oh darling believe me far over the sea [02:03.29]Through life or death so faithful I'll be [02:06.87] [02:07.87]Once more he seeks the old garden gate [02:11.20]But he arrives alas alas it's too late [02:14.57] [02:15.72]The wedding is over the knot is tied [02:19.00]He finds his darling another's bride [02:22.53] [02:23.50]And later they found him there on the grass [02:26.80]A pistol nearby still holding fast [02:30.32] [02:31.14]A crop of letters that explained the deed [02:34.61]And in the pale moonlight these words did read [02:38.10] [02:38.99]I've loved you always yes I've been true [02:42.39]My heart shall never be love but for you [02:45.78] [02:46.90]Oh darling believe me far over the sea [02:50.21]Through life or death so faithful I'll be