Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies

Come all ye fair and tender ladies Take warning how you court your men They're like the stars of summer mornings First they'll appear, and then they're gone They'll tell to you some loving story They'll make you think that they love you well Straightway they'll go and court some other Leave you there in grief to dwell Love is handsome, love is charming Love is breathing fire, it's new But love grows cold as love grows older Fades away like morning dew If I had known before I courted I never would have courted none I'd lock my heart in a box of golden And bind it up with silver pin Come all ye fair and tender ladies Take warning how you court your men They're like the stars of summer mornings First they'll appear, and then they're gone First they'll appear, and then they're gone