Lyrics

I fell in love with a shaker’s daughter
She fell in love with the things that I bought her
A hat pin and pearls a portrait from Nice
Nankeen and silk from the far, far east
And it’s love, or not love

I sat by the road when she passed my way
I gave her a smile and I asked her to stay
My fiddle was fine, my apple was sweet
I offered a tune and a bite to eat
And it’s love, or not love

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She, she said me
I don’t belong to thee
Continue with your hunt
And I, I made my appeal
Said this love is real
And you’re the one I want

We sat on the bank where the waters glide
Her father appeared and we could not hide
She took to her feet and ran to his arms
And pleaded with him that she never meant harm
And it’s love, or not love

He whispered low into her ear
But what he told her I could not hear
He did not bend, and she turned to go
That shaker and I we stood toe to toe
And it’s love, or not love

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