Fair And Tender Ladies

[Intro ] G Dm C/G [Verso 1] Dm C/G Come, all ye fair and tender ladies Dm F Take warning how you court your men C They're like a star on a summer morning Dm G They first appear and then they're gone [Verso 2] Dm C/G They'll tell to you some loving story Dm F And they'll make you think that they love you well C/G And away they'll go and court some other Dm G And leave you there in grief to dwell [Verso 3] Dm C/G Oh love is handsome, love is charming Dm F And love is pretty while it's new C/G But love grows cold as love grows older Dm G And fades away like morning dew, ohh [Verso 4] Dm C/G I wish I was a little sparrow Dm F And I had wings to fly so high C/G I'd fly to the arms of my false true lover Dm G And when he'd ask, oh I would deny, oh [Verso 5] Dm C/G Then I'd fly to some Scottish mountain Dm F Where the heather grows like purple ink C/G I'd write a letter to my false true lover Dm G Whose cheeks are like the morning pink [Verso 6] Dm C/G Come, all ye fair and tender ladies Dm F Take warning how you court your men C/G They're like a star on a summer morning Dm G They first appear and then they're gone Outro C