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Fair Ellen Lyrics by The Other Years

The Other Years

2018

[Verse]
\nDeep down in yonder valley where the violets fade and bloom
\nThere lies my own fair Ellen in a cold and solemn tomb
\nShe died not brokenhearted, nor of disease she fell
\nYet in one instant parted from the home she loved so well
\n
\nOne night as the moon shone brightly and the stars were shining too
\nUp to her darkened window her jealous lover drew
\nFair Ellеn lead us, wandered down in young mеadows away
\nWhile wandering let us ponder and name our wedding day
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\nSo to the woods he lead her, his own true love so fair
\nSaid she 'tis for you only that I am wandering here
\nThe night is dark and dreary and I am afraid to stay
\nAnd I am growing weary, I would like to retrace my way
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\nRetrace your way, no never, fair Ellen you must die
\nFor in these woods I've loved you, and from you cannot fly
\nThe birds sang in the morning, though lonesome was their song
\nAnd strangers found her body in a cold and lifeless form
\n
\nAdieu my friends and parents, you'll never see me no more
\nLong long you'll wait my coming at our little cottage door
\nCome all ye fair young women who chance to look this way
\nNever put your trust in young men for they will lead you astray\n\n
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The Other Years

The Other Years

About “Fair Ellen” by The Other Years

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"Fair Ellen" is credited to The Other Years. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Fair Ellen" appears on "The Other Years" in 2018.

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