[Verse]
Was in the year of '92
In the merry month of June
I left my mother and a home so dear
For the girl I loved on the green-briar shore
My mother dear, she came to me
And said, "Oh, son, don't go
Don't leave your mother and a home so dear
To trust a girl on the green-briar shore"
But I was young and reckless, too
And I craved a reckless life
I left my mother with a broken heart
And I choose d that girl to be my wife
Her hair was dark and curly, too
And her loving eyes were blue
Her cheeks were like the red red rose
The girl I loved on the green briar shore
The years rolled on and the months rolled by
She left me all alone
Now I remember what mother said
"Never trust a girl on the green briar shore"