TARRYTOWN (WILD GOOSE GRASSES)

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Song Title
TARRYTOWN (WILD GOOSE GRASSES)
Writers
Allison
Publisher
HOLLIS MUSIC, INC. (BMI)
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
WORLD
Themes/Keywords
1950's, Abandoned, Girl, Gold Digger, Grave, Marriage, Sweet, Town, Young Love
Lyrics
Male Lyric:
In Tarrytown there did dwell,
A lovely girl, I knew her well.
I courted her on bended knee,
Until she said that she would marry me.

CHORUS
Wide and deep my grave will be,
With the wild goose grasses growing over me.

For we were young and love was grand,
I gave her kisses, held her hand,
We’d walk along the river way,
And talk of when would be our wedding day.

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An ale-house stands in Tarrytown,
And there my love she dances round,
Se sits upon another’s knee,
For he has gold and silver more than me.

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Female Lyric:
In Tarrytown there did dwell,
A weaver’s son, I loved him well,
He courted me both night and day,
And then with me he would no longer stay.

CHORUS
Oh, wide and deep my grave will be,
With the wild goose grasses growing over me.

When I wore my apron low,
He’d follow me through ice and snow,
Now that I wear my apron high,
He goes right down my street and passes by.

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An ale-house stands in Tarrytown,
And there my love he sits me down,
He takes another on his knee,
For she has gold and riches more than me.

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