Fairfax County-Joan Baez

[00:25.44]Oh, once I loved an outlaw [00:32.97]He came and stole my heart [00:34.08]Oh, how I count the hours [00:45.06]Since we were torn apart [00:49.17]On the road to Fairfax County [00:56.82]I spied a highwayman [00:57.18]He wanted all my money [01:07.71]My heart beat like a drum [01:14.34]I gave him all my money [01:18.72]And sweet he smiled at me [01:23.76]His beauty eye took pity [01:24.24]Beneath the black oak tree [01:38.55]We kissed but for an hour [01:46.89]The sun was newly warm [01:48.18]The clouds were as the flowers [01:48.78]That bloom but for a morn [02:07.11]He gave back all my money [02:09.21]And bowed most gallantly [02:14.16]He promised for to meet me [02:14.73]That night beneath the tree [02:27.87]We'd flee to some far island [02:37.77]And there we would be wed [02:40.59]And freely we would live there [02:51.30]With no price upon his head [02:51.87]That night I went to meet him [03:19.80]With my inheritance [03:29.70]He kissed me 'neath the half moon [03:38.01]And joyful we did dance [03:43.83]Oh, love betrays all secrets [03:48.03]It whispers in the breeze [03:54.39]The Sheriff, he did follow [04:02.55]With all his deputies [04:06.60]Like hounds rushing to slaughter [04:12.60]The fox whose luck is run [04:18.81]And he stood erect and cursed them [04:24.42]God damn you every one [04:28.56]They seized him in a fury [04:39.78]And heeding not my pleas [04:53.88]They hung him from the oak tree [04:54.45]Where he made love to me [04:54.90]Ohh, once I loved an outlaw [05:03.87]He came and stole my heart [05:04.95]Oh, how I count the hours [05:15.81]Since we were torn apart