"If One Won't Another One Will" lyrics - THE CARTER FAMILY

I went one Sunday evening my true love for to see
I asked her to marry and she would not answer me

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The night is almost spent, it is near the break of day
I'm waiting for an answer, oh, what will you say

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Kind sir, if I must tell you, I'd choose the single life
I never thought it suited for me to be your wife

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Take this for an answer and for yourself provide
I have another lover and you must be denied

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In the course of six weeks later this lady's mind did change
She wrote me a letter, kind sir, I feel ashamed

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I feel as though I slighted you, I cannot hear you mourn
So here is my heart, come take it and claim it as your own

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I wrote her back an answer and sent it back in speed
I own that once I did love you, I loved you dear indeed

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But then my mind has changed me, I seek another way
Upon some pretty fair maiden my heart will have its sway

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Upon some pretty fair maiden my heart shall have its fill
This world is wide and lonely, if one won't another one will