Lyrics

I'm sad and I'm lonely My poor heart will break My sweetheart loves another Lord, I wished I was dead My checks once were reddest As the buds on the rose But now they are whiter Than the lilies that grow Young ladies take warning Take warning from me Don't place your affection On a young man so free He'll hug you and kiss you He'll tell you more lies Than there's cross-ties on the railroad Or the stars in the skies Well I'll build me a cabin On thе mountain so high Where the blackbirds can't see mе Nor hear my sad cry