We met in the springtime
When the blossoms unfold,
The pastures were green
And the meadows were gold
Our love was in flower
As summer grew on
Her love like the leaves
Now have withered and gone
The roses have faded
There's frost at my door
The birds in the morning
Don't sing anymore
The grass in the valley
Is starting to die,
And out in the darkness
The whippoorwills cry

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Alone and forsaken
By fate and by man
Oh Lord if you hear me
Please hold my hand,
Oh please understand

Oh where has she gone to,
Oh where can she be
She may have forsaken
Some other like me
She promised to honor,
To love and obey
Each vow was a plaything
That she threw away

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The darkness has fallen,
The sky has turned gray,
The hound in the distance
Is starting to bay
I wonder, I wonder
What she's thinking of
Forsaken, forgotten,
Without any love

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