Fare Thee Well (song)
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Fare Thee Well (or "Ten Thousand Miles") is an Eighteenth Century folk ballad, in which a lover bids farewell before setting off on a journey. The lyrics include a dialogue between the lovers. The first published version of the song appeared in 1710. The song has been recorded, most notably by Joan Baez, as well as by Jason Molina[citation needed], Eliza Carthy and Mary Chapin Carpenter.
[edit] Lyrics
Fare you well my own true love And farewell for a while. I’m going away, but I’ll be back If I go ten thousand miles.
Ten thousand miles, my own true love, Ten thousand miles or more, And the rocks may melt and the seas may burn, If I no more return.
Oh don’t you see that lonesome dove, Sitting on yon ivy tree, She’s weeping for her own true love Just as I shall weep for mine.
Oh come back my own true love And stay a while with me For if I had a friend all on this earth, You’ve been a friend to me.
And fare you well my own true love And farewell for a while. I’m going away, but I’ll be back If I go ten thousand miles.
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