Another folk ballad that I deeply love.

Joan Baez is singing. 

ONCE I KNEW PRETTY GIRL
(Trad.)

Once I knew a pretty girl
I loved her as my life
I'd gladly give my heart and hand
To make her my wife,
Ooh, to make her my wife.

She took me by the hand,
She led me to the door
She put her arms around me
Saying, "Please [bad word] no more."
Ooh, [bad word] no more.

Well, I'd not been gone 
But about six months
When she [bad word] 
And she wrote me a letter
Saying, [bad word] back again."
Ooh, [bad word] again.

And I wrote her an answer
Just for to let her know
That no young man should venture
Where once he could not go,
Ooh, where once he could not go.

 [bad word] all you young lovers
Take a warning from me -
And never place your affections
On a green, growing tree,
Ooh, on a green, growing tree.

For the leaves they will wither
Roots will decay
And the beauty of a young maid
Will soon fade away,
Ooh, will soon fade away.