The Month Of January chords by June tabor

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Verse 1
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It was in the month of January,
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the hills all clad with snow
It was over hills and valley my
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true love he did go
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It was then I met a pretty young
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girl with a salt tear in her eye
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She had a baby in her arms
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and bitter she did cry
Verse 2
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Oh cruel was my father that he
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barred the door to me
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And cruel was my mother
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that dreadful crime to see
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Cruel was my own true love
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that he changed his mind for gold
And cruel was that winter's night
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that pierced my heart with cold
Verse 3
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For the taller that the palm tree grows
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the sweeter is the bark
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And the fairer that a young man speaks,
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the falser is his heart
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For he'll kiss you and embrace you
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till he thinks he has you won
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Then he'll go away and leave you
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all for some other one
Verse 4
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So come all you pretty fair maidens
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an d a warning take by me
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Never try and build your nest
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at the top of a high tree
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For the green leaves they will wither
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and the branches all de cay
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Asus4
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And the beauty of a young man it soon will fade away.
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