Must I go bound and you so free
Must I love one who doesn't love me
Must I be born with so little art
As to love a one who would break my heart
I put my finger into a bush
I thought I'd find a lovely flower
The thorn it pierced me to a touch
And so I left the rose behind
I leaned my back up against some oak
I thought it was a trusty tree
But first it bended and then it broke
And so did my false love to me
Must I go bound and you so free
Must I love one who doesn't love me
Must I be born with so little art
As to love a one who would break my heart
There is a ship that sails the sea
It's loaded down as deep can be
But not so deep as the love I'm in
I know not ere I sink or swim
Oh, love be gentle and love be kind
Gay as a jewel when first it's new
But love grows old and then grows cold
And fades away like the morning dew
Must I go bound and you so free
Must I love one who doesn't love me
Must I be born with so little art
As to love a one who would break my heart
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