1. On top of Old Smokey, all covered with snow, I lost my true lover, come acourtin’ too slow. 2. For courtin’s a pleasure, and parting is grief; a false hearted lover, is worse than a thief. 3. For a thief he will rob you, and take what you have, but a false-hearted lover, will send you to your grave. 4. She’ll hug you and kiss you, and tell you more lies, than the crossties on a railroad, or stars in the skies.
The first verse is repeated.
On top of Old Smokey, all covered with snow, I lost my true lover, come acourtin’ too slow.