Pete Seeger — The Girl I Left Behind

I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill And o'er the moor and valley Such heavy thoughts my heart do fill Since parting with my Betsey I seek no more the fine and gay For each does but remind me How swift the hours did pass away With the girl I left behind me O ne'er shall I forget the night The stars were bright above me And gently lent their silv'ry light When first she vowed to love me But now I'm bound to Brighton camp Kind heaven then pray guide me And send me safely back again To the girl I left behind me Her golden hair in ringlets fair Her eyes like diamonds shining Her slender waist, her heavenly face That leaves my heart still pining Ye gods above oh hear my prayer To my beauteous fair to find me And send me safely back again To the girl I left behind me The bee shall honey taste no more The dove become a ranger The falling waters cease to roar Ere I shall seek to change her The vows we made to heav'n above Shall ever cheer and bind me In constancy to her I love The girl I left behind me