Oh Molly Dear-B.F. Shelton/W. Williams

[ti:Oh Molly Dear] [ar:B.F. Shelton] [al:Country Western Songs, Vol. 2 ] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Oh Molly Dear - B.F. Shelton/W. Williams [00:07.23]Oh once I lived in old virginny [00:11.70]To north carolina I did go [00:15.30] [00:19.69]There I saw a nice young lady [00:23.90]Oh her name I did not know [00:27.70] [00:30.54]Her hair was black and her eyes was sparkling [00:35.50]On her cheeks were diamonds red [00:39.03] [00:41.98]And on her breast she wore a lily [00:46.54]To mourn the tears that I have shed [00:50.51] [00:53.44]Oh when I'm asleep I dream about her [00:58.19]When I'm awake I see no rest [01:01.88] [01:09.74]Every moment seems like an hour [01:13.74]Oh the pains that cross my breast [01:17.60] [01:21.29]Oh molly dear go ask your mother [01:25.94]If you my bride can ever be [01:29.79] [01:32.61]If she says no come back and tell me [01:37.13]And never more will I trouble thee [01:41.12] [01:49.12]Last night as I laid on my pillow [01:53.55]Last night as I laid on my bed [01:57.53] [02:00.35]Last night as I laid on my pillow [02:04.77]I dreamed that fair young lady was dead [02:08.58] [02:12.05]No I won't go ask my mother [02:15.80]She's lying on her bed of rest [02:19.79] [02:22.63]And in one hand she holds a dagger [02:27.15]To kill the man that I love best [02:30.97] [02:34.73]Now go and leave me if you want to [02:39.24]Then from me you will be free [02:43.08] [02:45.86]For in your heart you love another [02:50.43]And in my grave I'd rather be