Tom Paxton - Little Mohee lyrics
[Tom Paxton - Little Mohee lyrics]
As I went out walkin' upon a fine day
I got awful lonesome as the day passed away
I sat there a-musing, alone on the grass
When who should sit by me
But a pretty young lass
She sat down beside me and
Took hold of my hand
Said, "You sure be a stranger
And in a strange land"
She asked me to marry and gave me her hand
Said, "My pappy's a chieftain
All over this land"
"My pappy's a chieftain, and ruler be he
I'm his only daughter and my name is Mohee"
I answered and told her that
It never could be
For I had my own sweetheart in my own country
I had my aen sweetheart
And I knew she loved me
Her heart was as true as any Mohee
So I said
"I must leave you and it's goodbye my dear
There's wind in my canvas and
It's home I must steer"
At home with relations I tried for to see
But there wasn't a one like my little Mohee
And the one I had trusted proved untrue to me
So I sailed o'er the ocean to my little Mohee
I got awful lonesome as the day passed away
I sat there a-musing, alone on the grass
When who should sit by me
But a pretty young lass
She sat down beside me and
Took hold of my hand
Said, "You sure be a stranger
And in a strange land"
She asked me to marry and gave me her hand
Said, "My pappy's a chieftain
All over this land"
"My pappy's a chieftain, and ruler be he
I'm his only daughter and my name is Mohee"
I answered and told her that
It never could be
For I had my own sweetheart in my own country
I had my aen sweetheart
And I knew she loved me
Her heart was as true as any Mohee
So I said
"I must leave you and it's goodbye my dear
There's wind in my canvas and
It's home I must steer"
At home with relations I tried for to see
But there wasn't a one like my little Mohee
And the one I had trusted proved untrue to me
So I sailed o'er the ocean to my little Mohee