[Chorus]
The morning comes and tender ladies
I had somehow they court they man
They're like the stars on a summer’s mornin'
First they'll appear and then they’re gone

[Verse 1]
If I had known before I courted
What all his lyin' could have done
I'd have locked my heart in a box an golden
And never would have courted now

[Verse 2]
I wish I were a tiny sparrow
And I had wings and I could fly
I'd fly away to my own true lover
And all he'd ask I would deny

[Verse 3]
Alas I'm not a tiny sparrow
I have not wings nor can I fly
And on this earth in grief and sorrow
I am bound until I die

[Chorus]
The morning comes and tender ladies
I had somehow they court they man
They're like the stars on a summer's mornin’
First they’ll appear and then they're gone