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Oh a fair young lady I
Used to see when walking by
Caught my love from happenstance
And now I rarely catch a glance
I wish that I had known her all the while

Well I got my courage up
On an empty coffee cup
Went a-callin’ at her door
She let me in at my implore
I listened as she told me of the year
When far away she lost her love so dear

She said my sweetheart in Tennessee
Built a banjo just for me
Made of wood as red as clay
But it hurts my heart to play
He’s gone to find his fortune in the hills

And I said this continent’s too wide
For you to spend your life inside
You’re much too beautiful, you know
To have no other place to go
She turned her back to me and walked away
I never cared for banjo anyway

c. 2014 Goodnight, Texas - Seriously Serious Songs (ASCAP) / Porch Couch Songs (ASCAP)

Appears on the 2014 album “Uncle John Farquhar”
Recorded by Goodnight, Texas
Mixed by Scott McDowell
Mastered by Jonathan Kirchner