Fairfax County

[Verse 1] O once I loved an outlaw He came and stole my heart O how I count the hours Since we were torn apart [Verse 2] On the road to Fairfax County I spied a highwayman He wanted all my money And my heart beat like a drum [Verse 3] I gave him all my money And sweet he smiled at me His beauty I took pity Beneath a black oak tree [Verse 4] And we kissed but for an hour The sun was newly warm The clouds were as the flowers That bloom but for a morn [Verse 5] He gave back all my money And he bowed most gallantly He promised for to meet me That night beneath the tree [Verse 6] And we'd flee to some far island And there we would be wed And freely we would live there With no price upon his head [Instrumental Break] [Verse 7] That night I went to meet him With my inheritance He kissed me 'neath the half moon And joyful we did dance [Verse 8] But love betrays all secrets And it whispers on the breeze The sheriff, he did follow And all his deputies [Verse 9] Like hounds rushing to slaughter The fox whose luck is run Then he stood erect and cursed them "God damn you every one!" [Verse 10] They seized him in a fury And heeding not my plea They hanged him 'neath the oak tree Where he made love to me [Verse 1] Once I loved an outlaw He came and stole my heart O how I count the hours Since we were torn apart