Oh, it would have been better if we'd never,

voiceCollected by Gladys McChristian For Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Frances Majors Sung by Gladys McChristian Huntsville, Arkansas July 16, 1958 Reel 246, Item 3 It Would Have Been Better Oh, it would have been better if we'd never, In this wide, wicked world never met; But the pleasures we've both seen together, Dear, I'm sure I can never forget. Oh, how sadly my heart turns toward thee, Since another has caused us to part; Oh, you don't know my grief and my sorrow, With another so close to your heart. Then farewell, love, all hopes have departed, I must struggle through life's living death; You have left me, oh, so broken-hearted, Your sweet name will employ my last breath. When the cold, cold grave shall surround me, Won't you come, love, and shed just one tear; And tell all the strangers around you, That a heart you have broken lies here.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation