Joan Baez – Wagoners Lad (Guitar)

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Oh hard is the fortune of all womankind,

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She's always con-trolled,   she's always con-fined

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Controlled by her parents un-til she's a wife,

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A slave to her husband the rest of her life

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Oh, I'm just a poor girl, my fortune is sad,

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I've always been courted by the wagoner's lad,

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He's courted me daily, by night and by day,

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And now he is loading and going away.

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Oh, my parents don't like him, because he is poor,

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They say he's not worthy of entering my door,

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He works for a living, his money's his own,

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And if they don't like it they can leave you alone.

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"Oh, horses are hungry, go feed them some hay,

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Then sit down here by me, as long as you may."

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"My horses ain't hungry, they son't eat your hay,

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So fare thee well darlin', I'll be on my way."

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"Oh, your wagon needs greasing, your whip is to mend,

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Then sit down here by me, as long as you can."

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"My wagon is greasy, my whip's in my hand,

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So fare thee well darlin', no longer to stand."