Old Smokey

from Recital by Matches

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on top of old smokey all covered with snow
I lost my true lover by courting too slow

oh courting is pleasure and parting is grief
false-hearted true lover is worse than a thief

they'll hug you, they'll kiss you, they'll tell you more lies
than crossties in the railroad or stars in the sky

ashes to ashes and dust to dust
ain't one boy in a hundred that a poor girl can trust

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from Recital, released June 3, 2016

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