"Gone To America" lyrics - STEELEYE SPAN

Married him in April, lost him in July;
Listen to my story and I'll tell you why,
They said that he'd been poaching and stealing wine,
They said I wouldn't see him for a long long time.

[Chorus:]
They said he's gone to America,
To work the land that some called Virginia;
They said he's gone to America.

Married him in April, lost him in July;
They took him as their prisoner then told me why,
They said they had sent him where poachers go,
I asked if I could see him but they said no.

[Chorus]

Married him in April, lost him in July;
Curse the men who took him, curse their wicked lie,
The night they saw him poaching and stealing wine,
Was the night he took comfort in these arms of mine.

[Chorus]

Married him in April, lost him in July.