Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Pretty Nancy, artist - Jean Ritchie. Date of issue: 30.07.2021
Song language: English
Pretty Nancy |
| Oh my sweet lovin' Nancy |
| Would you think it unkind |
| For me to sit down by you |
| And tell you my mind |
| My mind is to marry |
| And never to part |
| The first time I saw you |
| You wounded my heart |
| Purty Nancy, Purty Nancy |
| My sad tears will flow |
| For my sweet lovin' Nancy |
| Wherever I go |
| In North Carolinee |
| I was bred and was born |
| And in that same country |
| I bore all the storm |
| In and |
| And when I was young |
| Amongst all the true lovers |
| It is there I saw mine |
| I giv’ed her features |
| That please me most well |
| And I was bound to her |
| My mind for to tell |
| She quick like consented |
| My bride for to be |
| But her parents weren’t willin' |
| For her to wed me |
| Purty Nancy, Purty Nancy |
| My sad tears will flow |
| For my sweet lovin' Nancy |
| Wherever I go |
| She hung down her dear head |
| With tears in her eyes |
| Lamenting her condition |
| Lamenting she cried |
| O! |
| I am a poor girl |
| And bound to my home |
| And I’ve duly been courted |
| By the wagoner alone |
| Your horses are hungry |
| Go feed them some hay |
| Come sit yourself by me |
| What time you can stay |
| My horses ain’t hungry |
| They don’t need your hay |
| So farewell my Nancy |
| There’s no time to stay |
| Purty Nancy, Purty Nancy |
| My sad tears will flow |
| For my sweet lovin' Nancy |
| Wherever I go |
| So let us part weeping |
| On the new river’s shore |
| Fare you well my own true love |
| I’ll see you no more |
| I’ll think of my fiddle |
| And rosin or bow |
| And make myself welcome |
| Wherever I go |
| Purty Nancy, Purty Nancy |
| My sad tears will flow |
| For my sweet lovin' Nancy |
| Wherever I go |