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COME ALL YOUNG GIRLS OF A RAMBLIN’ NATURE (THE RAMBLING BEAUTY) Sung by: Mrs. Nettie Huddleston Barnes Recorded in Pfeiffer, AR 8/23/61 Click here to listen to the original recording Dr. Wolf: “’Come all you young girls of a ramblin’ nature . . .’” Mrs. Barnes: “’Take warning to my mournful song?’” Dr. Wolf: “’And never turn your true lover away.’” Mrs. Barnes: “Let’s see . . .”) Come, all young girls of a rambling nature, And never turn your first love away, For it’s many a bright and sunshiny morning Has turned to a dark and dismal day. One night when I was arising around for to leave her, I thought I’d make her this reply: “If you ever should have a mind to marry, I hope you’ll trouble as well as I.” One night when we were engaged in talking, I offered her a wedding ring. Oh, how scornfully she refused it, Saying, “Never thought of any such thing.” One night when I was arising around for to leave her, I told her I’d make her this reply: “If you ever should have a mind to marry, I hope you’ll trouble as well as I,” Oh, now she’s married to the Duke of Norway, The drunkard and gambler of the town, And if you ever should pass that lonely mansion, You’d hear a lovely woman say: “My husband don’t in the last regard me, For he drinks and gambles night and day. Come, all young girls of a rambling nature, And never turn your first love away.” (Comment by Mrs. Barnes: “That’s all of it.”) Also found in Belden, p. 191, “The Rambling Beauty.” |
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