Don’t Sing Love Songs

Lyrics

Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother She's sleepin close by my side And in her right hand she holds a dagger And says that I shan't be your bride All men are false, says my mother They'll tell you wicked lovely lies And the very next evening court another Leaving you alone to pine and sigh My father is a handsome devil He's got a chain that's five miles long On every link a heart does dangle Of some poor maid he's loved and wronged Wish that I was some little sparrow Yes, one of those that flies so high I'd fly away to my heart's true lover And when he'd speak I would deny All on his breast I'd lie and flutter With my little tender wings I'd ask him who he meant to flatter Or who he meant to deceive Go court some other tender lady And hope that she will be your wife Cause I been warned and I've decided To sleep alone all of my life