Courting Too Slow - Bellowhead

Courting Too Slow - Bellowhead
Written by：trad./John Spiers/Jon Boden
It was on one monday morning
And oh and it
Was soon
I bought my pretty betty
A pair of new shoes
A pair of new shoes and slippers
Also
But I lost my pretty betty
By courting too slow
I lost my pretty betty
By courting too slow
I bought my pretty betty
A garland of green
And ribbons that you wear
So fair to be seen
And rings for her fingers all made
Of glitt'ring gold
But I lost my pretty betty
By not being bold
I lost my pretty betty
By not being bold
It was on one Tuesday evening
And oh and it was late
I fain would have kissed her but I was too straight
I was thinking how to gain her consent to be true
But I lost my pretty betty
By courting too slow
I lost my pretty betty
By courting too slow
For in there come a sailor
All in his tarry shoes
He went into chalen chamber
Where my true love was
He kissed her and he
Flattered her he flattered her so
He fair won the day
By my courting too slow
He fair won the day
By my courting too slow
So come all you bold fellows
And pray take my advice
And when you go a courting
Now don't you be too nice
But you kiss all them pretty girls and you let
Them for to know
That you don't mean to lose them
By courting too slow
That you don't mean to lose them
By courting too slow