I'll sing a song if you remember.♪ On top of old Smoky's ♪♪ A pottery stove ♪♪ I lost my true lover ♪♪ I lost my true lover ♪♪ For courting so slow ♪♪ For courting so slow ♪♪ For courtings of pleasure ♪♪ For courtings of pleasure ♪♪ That courting is grief ♪♪ That courting is grief ♪♪ And a false-hearted lover ♪♪ And a false-hearted lover ♪♪ Worse than a thief ♪♪ Is worse than a thief ♪♪ A thief will just rob you ♪♪ A thief will just rob you ♪♪ Take what you have ♪♪ And take what you have ♪♪ For a false-hearted lover ♪♪ For a false-hearted lover ♪♪ Lead you to the grave ♪♪ Lead you to the grave ♪♪ And the grave will decay you ♪♪ And the grave will decay you ♪♪ Turn you to dust ♪♪ And turn you to dust ♪♪ Not one boy in a hundred ♪♪ Not one boy in a hundred ♪♪ A poor girl can trust ♪♪ A poor girl can trust ♪♪ Although they'll hug you and kiss you ♪♪ They'll hug you and kiss you ♪♪ Tell you more lies ♪♪ And tell you more lies ♪♪ Cross ties on the railroad ♪♪ And cross ties on the railroad ♪♪ Or stars in the sky ♪♪ Or stars in the sky ♪♪ So, come all you maidens ♪♪ So, come all you maidens ♪♪ And listen to me ♪♪ And listen to me ♪♪ Never place your affection ♪♪ Never place your affection ♪♪ On a green willow tree ♪♪ On a green willow tree ♪♪ For the leaves they will wither ♪♪ For the leaves they will wither ♪♪ The roots they will die ♪♪ The roots they will die ♪♪ You will be forsaken ♪♪ You will be forsaken ♪♪ You'll never know why ♪♪ And never know why ♪