Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies Lyrics - The Chieftains

come all ye fair and tender ladies 

take warning how you court young men 

theyre like a star on summer morning 

they first appear and then theyre gone 

theyll tell to you some loving story 

and make you think they love you so well 

then away theyll go and court some other 

and leave you there in grief to dwell 

i wish i was on some tall mountain 

where the ivy rocks are black as ink 

id write a letter to my lost true lover 

whose cheeks are like the morning pink 

for love is handsome, love is charming 

and love is pretty while its new 

but love grows cold as love grows old 

and fades away like the mornin dew 

and fades away like the mornin dew