Christy Moore – Folk Tale (Guitar)

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A young man fell in love with truth

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And searching the wide world for her

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He found her in a small house

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In a clearing in the forest

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She was old and she was stooped

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He pledged himself to her

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To chop wood and to carry water

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To collect the root the stem the leaf

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And the flowering top and seed

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Of every plant she'd need

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To do her work

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And he told her she was  young and beautiful

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He told her she was  young and beautiful."

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Years went by until one day

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The young man woke up longing for a child

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He went to the old woman

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And he asked to be released from his oath to her

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That he might return to the world

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"Certainly", she said,

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"On one condition"

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"You must tell them that I'm young and beautiful."

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"You must tell them that I'm young and beautiful."