Steeleye Span - Gone To America lyrics

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Married him in April, lost him in July;<br />Listen to my story and I'll tell you why,<br />They said that he'd been poaching and stealing wine,<br />They said I wouldn't see him for a long long time.<br />Chorus: They said he's gone to America,<br /> To work the land that some called Virginia;<br /> They said he's gone to America.<br />Married him in April, lost him in July;<br />They took him as their prisoner then told me why,<br />They said they had sent him where poachers go,<br />I asked if I could see him but they said no.<br />Chorus:<br />Married him in April, lost him in July;<br />Curse the men who took him, curse their wicked lie,<br />The night they saw him poaching and stealing wine,<br />Was the night he took comfort in these arms of mine.<br />Chorus:<br />Married him in April, lost him in July.<br /><br />