[Lyric] Fair and Tender Ladies (Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy)

[Chorus]
Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court your men
They’re like a star on a summer morning
They first appear and then they’re gone

[Verse 1]
They’ll tell to you some loving story
They’ll swear to you their love is true
Straight away they’ll go and court some other
And that's the love they have for you

[Verse 2]
Oh don't you remember our days of courting
You told then that you loved me best
You could make me beliеve
By the falling in your arms
That the sun rosе in the west

[Verse 3]
I wish I was some little sparrow
And I had wings and I could fly
I'd fly right by
To my false true lover
And while she's talking I'd deny
[Verse 4]
But I am not some little sparrow
And I've no wings and I can't fly
So I'll stay right here
In my grief and sarrow
And let my troubles pass me by

[Chorus]
Come all ye fair and tender maidens
Take warning how you court your man
They're like a star on a cloudy morning
First appear and then they're gone