Pierce Pettis - Farewell lyrics

Farewell to Newport Town Farewell, Rhode Island Sound Just a maiden of sixteen – what do I know? I love your ocean spray, your dark waves of green and grey Upon the rocks they break, pounding in my soul Bound for a marriage my father made, to a man who is twice my age He has a fine estate, or so I'm told Yankee clippers on the bay, they've come to take my heart away Far down to Charleston Town on Carolina's coast Old rag-a-muffin man made by my mother's hands This and some odds and ends are all that I own Bound for a marriage my father made, to a man who is twice my age He has a fine estate, or so I'm told Far from the sea he lives In the western wilderness, where the Alabama sun will burn me brown Bound for a marriage my father made, to a man who is twice my age He has a fine estate, or so I'm told