Girl on the Greenbriar shore
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1. 'Twas in the year of '92, in the merry
month of June,
I left my mother and a home so
dear
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for the girl I loved on the Greenbriar shore.
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2. My mother dear, she came to me and said "Oh son, don't go,"
"Don't leave your mother
and a home so dear
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to trust a
girl on the Greenbriar shore. "
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3. But I was young and reckless, too, and I craved a reckless life,
I left my mother with a broken
heart,
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and I choosed that girl to be my wife.
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4. Her hair was dark and curly, too and her loving eyes were blue,
her cheeks were like the red red rose,
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the girl I loved on the Greenbriar shore.
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5. The years rolled on and the months rolled by, she left me all alone,
now I remember what mother said :
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Never trust a girl on the Greenbriar shore.
Recorded
10/14/41 -
(orig. = capo 3rd) (The Carter
Family)