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YOU CAN NEVER BE A GIRL OF MINE AGAIN Sung by: Mr. and Mrs. F.E. Ash Recorded in Evening Shade, AR 6/30/59 Click here to listen to the original recording Were standing in a lane. The lad was going far away; They would not meet again. She had been his sweetheart 'Til a stranger came one day. He won her love and broke her heart, And she was led astray. He whispered to her sadly, "You know I loved you so. You were my only sweetheart Since the days of long ago. I could have borne the sorrow Had they told me you were dead. I never can forgive you now, But I love you still," he said. Chorus: "You can never be a girl of mine again, Though the parting fills my heart with pain. You were to be my wife, But you blighted all my life. You can never be a girl of mine again." The maiden slowly turned away And walked on down the lane. Her heart was nearly breaking, And her head was bowed with shame. Two schoolmates of her childhood days Silently passed her by. "They do not even know me now," She murmured with a sigh. Her weary footsteps wandered To the pool beside the mill. "There's no one left to love me now. I'll plunge and all will still." The water closed above her And went rippling on their way. The birds were singing in the trees And sadly seemed to say: (Chorus) |
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All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas Back to the Song Index Back to the Wolf Collection Homepage ©Copyright 2002 Lyon College |