Dear Companion

Once did i have a dear companion Indeed i thought his love my own Until a black-eyed girl betrayed me And then he cared no more for me Just go and leave me if you wish to It will never trouble me For in your heart you love another And in my grave i'd rather be Last night you were so sweetly sleeping Dreamed a name such sweet rapport While me a poor girl lay broken hearted Listening to the wind that blows When i see your baby laughing It makes me think of your sweet face But when i see your baby crying It makes me think of my disgrace I wish i was some little sparrow And i had wings and i could fly I'd fly away to my own true love And when he called it i'd be nigh But i ain't no little sparrow I ain't got wings and i can't fly So i'll sit right here in grief and sorrow I'll sit right here until i die I'll go down to yonder's river I'll spend my months my weeks my years And i'll leave nothing but reunion And i'll drink nothing but my tears