C# F#
Poor little turtle dove
C# F#
Sitting in a pine
G# C#
Mourning for his own true love
G#7 C#
So why not me for mine, for mine?
G#7 C#
Why not me for mine?
[Verse 2]
C# F#
I'm not gonna marry in the morn
C# F#
I'm gonna marry in the spring
G# C#
I'm gonna marry a pretty little girl
G#7 C#
Who wears a big gold ring, gold ring
G#7 C#
Wears a big ole ring
[Verse 3]
C# F#
I've got hogs in the pen
C# F#
Corn to feed em on
G# C#
All I needs a pretty little girl
G#7 C#
To feed em when I'm gone, I'm gone
G#7 C#
Feed em when I'm gone
[Verse 4]
C# F#
I went up on the mountain
C# F#
To give my horn a blow
G# C#
Every girl in the country side
G#7 C#
Says yonder comes my beau, my beau
G#7 C#
Yonder comes my beau
[Verse 5]
C# F#
Poor little turtle dove
C# F#
Sitting on a pine
G# C#
Mourning for his own true love
G#7 C#
So why not me for mine, for mine?
G#7 C#
Why not me for mine?
