Saw the Irish Rovers yesterday, and they sang this song:
LET HIM GO, LET HIM TARRY
chorus: Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim; He doesn't care for me, and I don't care for him He can go and find another, and I hope she'll bring him joy For I'm goin' to marry a far nicer boy.
Farewell to cold winter, now that summer's come at last; Nothing have I gained, but my true love I have lost. I'll sing and I'll be happy like a bird upon the tree For since he deceived me, I care no more for he.
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He wrote me a letter saying he was very bad, I sent him back an answer saying I was very glad. He wrote me another saying he was well and strong, But I care no more for him than the ground he walks upon.
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Some of his friends had a good kind wish for me, Others of his friends, they could hang me from a tree; But soon I'll let them see my love, and soon I'll let them know That I can get a new sweetheart on any ground I go.
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He can go to his old mother,now, and set her mind at ease, For she's a mean old woman, and very hard to please, It's slighting me and talking ill is all she's ever done Since I was courtin' her great big ugly son.
