THE GIPSY'S WARNING (A SONG FROM 1864) BY HENRY A. COARD

THE GIPSY'S WARNING - A SONG FROM 1864, DURING THE TIME OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, BY HENRY A. COARD.

(THE GIPSY'S WARNING)
1ST VERSE
DO NOT TRUST HIM GENTLE LADY, THOUGH HIS VOICE BE LOW AND SWEET.
HEED NOT HIM WHO KNEELS BEFORE YOU, GENTLY PLEADING AT THY FEET.
NOW THY LIFE IS IN IT'S MORNING, CLOUD NOT THIS THY HAPPY LOT.
LISTEN TO THE GIPSY'S WARNING, GENTLE LADY TRUST HIM NOT.
LISTEN TO THE GIPSY'S WARNING, GENTLE LADY TRUST HIM NOT.

2ND VERSE
DO NOT TURN SO COLDLY FROM ME, I WOULD ONLY GUARD THY YOUTH.
FROM HIS STERN AND WITH'RING POWER, I WOULD ONLY TELL THEE TRUTH.
I WOULD SHIELD THEE FROM ALL DANGER, SAVE THEE FROM THE TEMPER'S SNARE.
LADY, SHUN THAT DARK EYED STRANGER, I HAVE WARNED THEE, NOW BEWARE!
LADY, SHUN THAT DARK EYED STRANGER, I HAVE WARNED THEE, NOW BEWARE!
3RD VERSE
LADY, ONCE THERE LIVED A MAIDEN, PURE AND BRIGHT, AND LIKE THEE, FAIR.
BUT HE WOO'D AND WOO'D AND WON HER,FILLED HER GENTLE HAIR WITH CARE.
THEN HE HEEDED NOT HER WEEPING, NOR CARED HE HER LIFE TO SAVE,
SOON SHE PERISHED, NOW SHE'S SLEEPING, IN THE COLD AND SILENT GRAVE.
4TH VERSE
KEEP THY GOLD I DO NOT WISH IT, LADY, I HAVE PRAYED FOR THIS.
FOR THE HOUR WHEN I MIGHT FOIL HIM, ROB HIM OF EXPECTED BLISS.
GENTLE LADY, DO NOT WONDER, AT MY WORDS WO COLD AND WILD.
LADY, IN THAT GRAVE, YONDER, LIES THE GIPSY'S ONLY CHILD.

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[cheb510]

very beautiful song