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Won't You Go My Way?

[ Roud 8289 ; Ballad Index Hugi505 ; trad.]

Peter Bellamy and Louis Killen sang the three shanties Won't You Go My Way?, A Hundred Years Ago, and The “Alabama” on June 22, 1971 live at the Folk Studio, Norwich, with the audience cheerfully joining in on the chorus. This performance was issued on their LP Won't You Go My Way?.

Jon Boden sang Won't You Go My Way? as the February 2, 2011 entry of his project A Folk Song a Day.

Lyrics

Peter Bellamy sings lead on Won't You Go My Way?

It was on one summer's evening
  Won't You Go My Way?
It was on one summer's evening
  Won't You Go My Way?

I met a pretty fair maid
I met a pretty fair maid

Her cheek was red and rosy
And her figure was neat and cosy

So I asked her for to marry
But she said she'd rather tarry

So I'm on my way to Frisco
So I'm on my way to Frisco

So I left her in the morning
In the morning bright and early