Name: I Courted A Wee Girl (The Unfaithful Bride)
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Description: Traditional though stolen liberally from Dervish. Read more at www.folkswitch.com/journal/i-courted-a-wee-girl-2/

I Courted A Wee Girl (The Unfaithful Bride)

from Love Was The Cause Of My Ruin: Traditional Folk Songs From The American River Valleys by The Friday Night Drifters

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Traditional though stolen liberally from Dervish. Read more at www.folkswitch.com/journal/i-courted-a-wee-girl-2/

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I Courted A Wee Girl (The Unfaithful Bride)

I courted a wee girl for many’s the long day,
And slighted all others who came in my way.
But now she’s rewarded me to the last day;
She’s gone to be wed to another.

The bride and bride’s party to church they did go.
The bride she rode foremost she put the best show
And I rode behind, my heart filled with woe
To see my love wed to another.

The bride and bride’s party, in church they did stand,
Gold rings on their fingers, a love hand in hand
The man that she’s wed to has houses and land—
He may have her since I could not gain her.

The last time I saw her she was all dressed in white;
The more I gazed on her she dazzled my sight,
So I tipped her my hat and bade her goodnight.
Here’s bad luck to all false-hearted lovers

So dig me a grave and dig it down deep,
And strew it all over with primrose so sweet.
And lay me down in it for no more for to weep,
For love was the cause of my ruin.

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from Love Was The Cause Of My Ruin: Traditional Folk Songs From The American River Valleys, released May 8, 2019
Todd Atteberry, vocals, guitar, keyboards
Teelin Atteberry, drums and bass

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