Fare thee well, for once I loved you;

voiceCollected by Karl T. Gosnell For Mary C. Parler Sung by Annie Owens Ola, Arkansas November 20, 1958 Reel 273, Item 17 You Were False, But I’ll Forgive You Fare thee well, for once I loved you; Even more than tongue can tell; Little did I think you’d leave me; Now I bid you all farewell. You have wrecked the heart I cherished; You have doomed me day by day; You are false, but I'll forgive you, But forget you, never may. When I saw your eyes in virtue, I scarce could believe my own; When I heard your voice in anger, It was death to every tone. They have told you some false stories, And you believed them all, you say; You are false, but I'll forgive you, But forget you, never may. One more word and all is over; Why are you unkind to me? Tell me why you do not love me; How can this all be? No words of joy or of pleasure, For you believe them all, you say; You are false, but I'll forgive you, But forget you, never may.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation