From the recording Crooked Road
Lyrics
Fair and Tender Ladies
My father was a handsome sinner
He told my mother he loved her well
Then went away to court another
And left us there in grief to dwell
Chorus
Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court your men
They’re like a star on a summer morning
First they appear and then gone again
I wish I was on some tall mountain
Where ivy rocks are black as night
I’d write a letter to my old father
So he may know about our plight
Oh love is great, and love is charming
And love is pure when first it’s new
But love grows old and love grows colder
It fades away like morning dew
Chorus
Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court your men
They’re like a star on a summer morning
First they appear and then gone again