Nana Mouskouri - Early One Morning Lyrics
Early one morning, just as the sun was risingI heard a maid sing in the valley below"Oh don't deceive me, Oh never leave me,How could you use, a poor maiden so?"Remember the vows that you made to me trulyRemember how tenderly you nestled close to meGay is the garland, fresh are the rosesI've culled from the garden to bind over thee.Here I now wander alone as I wonderWhy did you leave me to sigh and complainI ask of the roses, why should I be forsaken,Why must I here in sorrow remain?Through yonder grove, by the spring that is runningThere you and I have so merrily played,Kissing and courting and gently sportingOh, my innocent heart you've betrayedHow could you slight so a pretty girl who loves youA pretty girl who loves you so dearly and warm?Though love's folly is surely but a fancy,Still it should prove to me sweeter than your scorn.Soon you will meet with another pretty maidenSome pretty maiden, you'll court her for a while;Thus ever ranging, turning and changingAlways seeking for a girl that is new.Thus sang the maiden, her sorrows bewailingThus sang the poor maid in the valley below"Oh don't deceive me, Oh never leave me,How could you use, a poor maiden so?"
