I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man - Shortbuckle Roark & Family

George "Shortbuckle" Roark and Family - 1928
Victor Records
I wish to the Lord I never been born
Nor died when I was young
I never would've seen them two brown eyes
Nor heard that flattering tongue, my love
Or heard that flattering tongue

I truly understand that you love another man
And your heart shall no longer be mine

Who will shoe your little feet
Who will glove your hands
Who will kiss your red rosy cheeks
When I'm in the foreign land, my love
When I'm in the foreign land

I truly understand that you love another man
And your heart shall no longer be mine

Remember what you told me, dear
As we stood side by side
You promised that you'd marry me
And be no other man's bride, my love
And be no other man's bride

I truly understand that you love another man
And your heart shall no longer be mine

I never will listen what another woman says
Let her hair be black or brown
For I'd rather be on the top of some hill
And the rain a-pouring down, down
And the rain a-pouring down

I truly understand that you love another man
And your heart shall no longer be mine

My father will shoe my little feet
My mother will glove my hands
And you will kiss my red rosy cheeks
When I'm in the foreign land, O love
When I'm in the foreign land

I truly understand that you love another man
And your heart shall no longer be mine

I truly understand that you love another man
And your heart shall no longer be mine

Family