Poor Naomi Wise

歌詞

Oh come all you young people now a story I will tell About a girl they call Naomi Wise Her face was fair was fair and handsome She was loved by everyone In randolph county now her body lies They say she had a lover young Lewis was his name Each evening he would have her by her side She learned to love and trust him And she believed his word He told her she's soon to be his bride One summer's night he met her and took her for a ferry ride She thought that they were going to be wed They come to old deep river and so the story goes You met your doom the words the villain said He begged him just to spare her but the villain only laughed They say that he was heartless to the core And in that stream he throwed her below the old mill dam And sweet Naomi's smile was seen no more Young people all take warning and listen to what I say Oh you must take care before it is too late, for it is too late Don't listen to some story a villain's tongue will tell Or you are sure to meet Naomi's face Don't listen to some story a villain's tongue will tell Or you are sure to meet Naomi's face