False Hearted Lover's Blues

False hearts have been my downfall
 Pretty women have been my craze
 I'm sure my false hearted lover
 Will drive me to my lonesome grave
 They'll bite the hand that feeds them
 Spend all the money you can save
 From your heart strings weave silk garters
 Build a dog house on your grave
 When my earthly stay is over
 Sink my dead body in the sea
 Just tell my false hearted lover
 That the whales will watch over me
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 Ragged clothes dropping from my body
 The wolf howls around my door
 The man who won my darling girl
 Will feel the bite of my forty four
 Corn whiskey has wrecked my body
 A false hearted lover is a bearing on my mind
 I've roamed the whole world over
 Pleasure on earth I cannot find
 When my earthly stay is over
 Sink my dead body in the sea
 Just tell my false hearted lover
 That the whales will watch over me
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 If I meet my darling girl again
 I'll tell her all about my troubles
 Give her these false hearted lover's blues
 And leave her stranded in the shallows
 All men take this timely warning
 It is both for young and old
 Don't try to buy a woman's love
 With the last dollar of your gold
 Take warning you fair young ladies
 If your love and honor you have sold
 The men will have no use for you
 When your dark hair turns to gold
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 When my earthly stay is over
 Sink my dead body in the sea
 Just tell my false hearted lover
 That the whales will watch over me