Evan Fontaine - Pretty Saro Lyrics

When I came to this country
From some other place
I thought myself lucky
To remember your face
I looked all around me
And none could I see
That were sweeter and fairer
Than my Pretty Saree
No, it's not this long journey
I'm dreading for to go
Not the country I'm leaving
Or the debts that I owe
There's one thing that grieves me
And troubles my mind
It's leaving my darling
Pretty Saro behind
Pretty Saro, Pretty Saro
Likewise, my mother too
I have started for to ramble
This country all through
And when I get tired
I'll sit down and weep
And I'll think of my Pretty Saro
Wherever I sleep
Oh I wish I was a poet
So I could write in fine hand
I would write my love a letter
That she'd long understand
I would sit out by the river
Where the waters overflow
And I'll think of my Pretty Saro
Wherever I go