Young Emily

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Young Emily was a fair maid. She loved a driver boy He drove in the main for some gold to gain Way down in the lowlands low My father runs a public house Down by yon river side Come ye, come ye and enter in And there this night abide Oh please, don't tell them nothing Don't you ever let them know That your name it is young Edmund Who drove in the lowlands low Young Edmund fell to drinking From drinking into bed Said he did not know his sword that night Would part his neck and head Young Emily rose in the morning She's a putting on her clothes Said I'm going to look for my driver boy Who drove in the lowlands low

Oh father, my dear father You've got to let me know What's happened to my driver boy Who drove in the lowlands low Oh daughter my dear daughter Don't you speak so loud and free His gold is all for us to claim And his body's in the sea Oh father cruel father I'll have you hung a public show For the murdering of my driver boy Who drove in the lowlands low See the coach on yonder mountain It's a moving to and fro It reminds me of my driver boy Who drove in the lowlands low My true love's laying in the ocean The fish swims o'er his breast His body's in a gentile motion I pray that his soul's at rest

Elizabeth LaPrelle 284 White Rock Furnace Rd. Rural Retreat, VA 24368 elizabeth@old97wrecords.com

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