Name: There is a Tavern
Duration: P00H03M23S
Description: Also known as Died for Love, this song is a lament for love grown cold. It consists of a number of "floating verses", words and phrases which are found in a range of songs, but here combine to express the sentiment of heartache beautifully. This song was sung by Emma Vickers of Burscough, Lancashire. The tune is similar to that used in the traditional ballad concerning Franklin.

There is a Tavern

from The Poacher's Fate by Laura Smyth & Ted Kemp

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Also known as Died for Love, this song is a lament for love grown cold. It consists of a number of "floating verses", words and phrases which are found in a range of songs, but here combine to express the sentiment of heartache beautifully. This song was sung by Emma Vickers of Burscough, Lancashire. The tune is similar to that used in the traditional ballad concerning Franklin.

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There is a tavern in yonder town
Where my true love goes and sets him down
He takes another girl on his knee
Now don't you think that's a grief for me?

A grief a grief and I'll tell you why
Because she has got more gold than I
But her looks will fade and her beauty will pass
And then poor girl she'll come like me at last

O when my apron it tied low
He followed me through frost and snow
But now it ties underneath my chin
He passes my by and he says nothing

There is a blackbird in yonder tree
They say its blind and it cannot see
I wish it had of been so by me
Before I'd kept my love's company

Now all young girls be advised by me
Never let a stranger take you on his knee
He'll court and kiss you, swear to be true
But the very next moment he'll bid you adieu

My heart is weary with all this grief
For my true love was worse than a thief
A thief will rob you and run away
But a false young man will lead you astray

Go dig my grave long wide and deep
Put marble stones at my head and feet
Plant a red rose bush in the middle of me
For I loved that lad but he didn't love me

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from The Poacher's Fate, released November 25, 2017
Trad. arr. Laura Smyth & Ted Kemp

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