I Never Lover But One - The Carter Family

Onward to the eastern skies

With mooing efforts kissed the sea

I sigh and think of those blue eyes

That have hope and love for me

For they, o they have stole away

The heart that truly once was mine

Like some lone bird without a mate

My weary heart is desolate

I look around but cannot trace

One welcome word or smiling face

In gazing crowds I am alone

Because I never loved but one

Come up closer to me now

Your chestnut hair is touched with snow

But still it is the same dear face

I loved so well long years ago

The same as on that winter night

You bent to me and kissed my brow

Happy hours of trusting love

Oh well, they’re all over now

And I must sail the whitening foam

Till I can see the foreign home

Till I forget that fair sweet face

I ne’er can find a resting place

I look around but cannot trace

One welcome word or smiling face

In gazing crowds I am alone

Because I never loved but one