Pretty Saro-Shirley Collins

[ti:Pretty Saro] [ar:Shirley Collins] [al:Hori-Horo] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Pretty Saro - Shirley Collins [00:00.66]Written by：DR/Cecil Sharp [00:01.21]I came to this country in eighteen forty nine [00:06.81] [00:07.85]I saw many true loves but never saw mine [00:14.09] [00:15.02]I viewed all around me and I am alone [00:21.73] [00:22.58]And me a poor soldier and far from my home [00:29.72] [00:31.25]It's not the long journey I'm dreading to go [00:36.78] [00:37.34]Nor leaving the country for the deads that I owe [00:42.86] [00:43.84]There is nothing that grieves me nor troubles my mind [00:51.49] [00:52.27]Like leaving pretty Saro my darling behind [00:59.06] [01:00.68]I wish I was a poet and could write a fine hand [01:06.36] [01:07.17]I'd write my love a letter that she might understand [01:13.44] [01:13.94]I'd send it by the island where them waters overflow [01:21.54] [01:22.44]I'd think on pretty Saro wherever I go [01:29.32] [01:31.14]Farewell my dear father likewise mother too [01:36.91] [01:37.81]I'm going for to ramble this country all through [01:43.73] [01:45.32]And when I get tired I'll sit down and cry [01:51.69] [01:52.61]And think on pretty Saro with tears in my eye