文本歌词

On Top of Old Smokey (在老护林熊的头顶) - Josh White/Brownie McGhee
On top of old smokey
All covered with snow
I lost my true lover
From a courting too slow
Now courting's a pleasure
But parting is grief
And a false hearted lover
Is worse than a thief
A thief will but rob you
And take what you have
But a false hearted lover
Will send you to your grave
The grave will decay you
And turn you to dust
There's no girl in twenty
A poor man can trust
She'll tell you she loves you
And tell you more lies
Than cross-ties on a railroad
Or stars in the skies
Come all you pair maidens
Take warnings from me
Never place your affection
On a green willow tree
The leaves they will wither
The roots they will die
Your lover will leave you
And you never know why
Your lover will leave you
And you never know why