My mother and father are coming from their home
When they get here I'm gonna sit down and know
Lover, oh lover, please tell me it isn't true
I'm still pacing alone
And it's all because of you
I'm pacing alone
Because of you
I once had a woman, she was nineteen years old
Red ruby lips and hair as bright as gold
Fairies
A maiden so hard to deter
And I'm pacing alone
And it's all because of her
I'm pacing alone
Because of you
Because of you
Because of you
Because of you
I'm leaving this country, my bags in my hand
Leaving sweet Susie the finest in the land
Father hates me, says I'm too poor
Now I'm pacing alone
And I'm bitter to the core
I'm pacing alone
Cause of you
Piece of butter



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Her father, he hates me
It's as plain as the day
He cursed and he cussed me
And he sent me away
No more sweet scenes
And I'm here on my own
Still pacing around
And I'm all alone
I'm pacing around
Cause of you
I leave when I'm
When I'm hungry
And I'll drink when I'm dry
Try my hardest
Not to weep or cry
If I ever see you
At my cabin door
Put his bones in a box
And I'll bury him in the floor
I'm pacing around
Cause of you
Please save me
Don't remain abandoned

In your previous life
And never see you again
Cause of you
I've been running
Here, waiting for you


It's life, too
Now I believe
That you will be mine
Cause of you
My past
Will say
When I look back

You need me
Her beauty overthrew me
Now I'm lonesome to the bone
She regrets she ever left me
When she's old and grown
Alone when he's buried
This you've been for long
You're still the pace of the room
Wishing I was never born
I'm pacing the room
Cause of you
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