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