Fond Affection

Trad. American, from the singing of Norma Waterson

Once I loved with fond affection

One whose heart was dear to me

But there came such grief at parting

Now he no longer talks to me.

 

CHORUS:

So go and leave me if you wish to

Do not let me cross your mind

If you think I’ve  proved unworthy

Go and leave me, I don’t mind.

 

Many’s a night in peaceful slumber

You have lain in sweet repose

While I, a young girl, lay broken-hearted

Listening to the wind that blows.

 

Here’s the ring that once you gave me

When our hearts they were entwined

Give it to that fair-haired lady

She’ll never know it once was mine.