On the Top of Old Smokey-Odetta

[ti:On the Top of Old Smokey] [ar:Odetta] [al:Complete Collection: 1954 - 1962] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.09]On top of old smokey all covered with snow [00:12.36] [00:14.50]I lost my true lover for courting too slow [00:25.29] [00:27.65]For courting's a pleasure and parting's a grief [00:36.60] [00:38.57]And a false hearted lover is worse than a thief [00:48.27] [00:49.93]For a thief will just rob you [00:55.21] [00:56.77]And take all you save [01:00.29] [01:02.57]But a false hearted lover [01:06.59] [01:08.71]Will lead you to the grave [01:11.98] [01:15.05]And the grave will decay you and turn you to dust [01:25.74] [01:27.60]Not one gay in a hundred a poor girl can trust [01:37.47] [01:40.54]They'll hug you and kiss you and tell you more lies [01:50.95] [01:53.37]Than cross lines on a railroad [01:58.25] [01:59.48]Or stars in the skies [02:03.53] [02:05.77]So come all your maidens and listen to me [02:15.04] [02:16.74]Never place your affections on a green willow tree [02:26.49] [02:28.44]For the leaves they will wither [02:32.57] [02:34.65]And the roots they will die [02:37.78] [02:39.61]You truth lover will leave you [02:43.58] [02:45.29]And you never know where