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Pretty Fair Miss

from The Last Tree by Jack Warshaw

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A “broken token” kept by parted couples as an identity check is played out here. A stranger approaches a young woman and quickly asks her to marry. Her love is far away, she replies. The stranger tests her loyalty, then shows the proof that he’s returned.

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A pretty fair miss, all in her garden
Handsome cowboy, come a-riding by
Sayin, pretty fair Miss, come be my sweetheart
Come go with me and be my bride

O no kind sir, you’re a nice young fellow
How can you court a girl like me
When I have a lover among those cowboys
Three years away he’s gone you see

Perhaps he's dead, or maybe drownded
Perhaps he's by some Indian slain
Perhaps he's to some pretty girl married
An' will never return again

O, if he's drowned, I hope he's happy
Or if he's by some Indian slain
And if he's to some pretty girl married
I'll love the girl that married him

He thrust his hands into his pockets
His fingers being both long and small
Drew forth the ring that she had give him
An' straight before him she did fall

He picked her up just like a feather
An' kisses gave her, one, two, three
Saying, I’m your long and lonesome cowboy
Returning home for to marry thee

Come all you young an' tender ladies
Take a warning from a girl like me
If you’ve a lover, among those cowboys
Keep faith that he’ll return to thee.

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from The Last Tree, released February 14, 2020
Jack, vocal, autoharp and guitar; Ben, fiddle

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Veteran of the 1960s folk revival, he passionately believes, writes and sings with authenticity and respect for traditional American styles and song carriers. He has met, learned from or worked with such legends as Pete, Mike and Peggy Seeger, Tom Paley, Ewan MacColl, Bob Dylan, Mississippi John Hurt, Clarence Ashley, Dave Van Ronk, Stuart Burns and many others. Watch Youtube. Bio on Wikipedia ... more

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