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Collected by Lew Hobson and Zane Hankins Sung by Mrs. Stella Hartley
For M. C. Parler Saskatoon, Sask.
Transcribed by Zane Hankins December 1959
Reel 341, Item 8
Tavern in the Town
There's a tavern in the town, in the town.
And there my true love sits him down, sits him down, And drinks his wine mid laughter free,
And never, never thinks of me.
Fare thee well for I must leave thee,
Do not let this parting grieve thee,
And remember that the best of friends must part, must part.
Adieu, adieu, kind friends adieu, adieu,
I can no longer stay with you, stay with you.
I'll hand my harp on a weeping willow tree,
And may the world go well with thee.
He left me for a damsel dark, damsel dark.
Each Friday night they used to park, used to park. And now my love, once true to me,
And takes that dark damsel on his knee.
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