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