The song John Riley is performed by The Byrds in the album named Boxed Set in the year 1990 .
(B. Gibson and R. Neff)
Fair young maid all in her garden
Strange young man came riding by
Saying fair young maid will you marry me
And this then sir was her reply
Oh, no kind sir I cannot marry thee
For I've a love who sails the deep salt sea
Though he's been gone these seven years
Still no man shall marry me
What if he's died all in some battle slain
Or if he's drownded in the deep salt sea
What if he's found some another love
He and his new love both married be
If he's found some other love
He and his new love both married be
I wish them health and happiness
Where they now live all across the sea
He picked her up all in his arms
And kisses gave her one two and three
Saying weep no more my own true love
I am your long lost John Riley
Saying weep no more my own true love
For I'm your long lost John Riley
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The Byrds - Boxed Set
Boxed Set
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
- Chimes Of Freedom
- She Has A Way
- All I Really Want To Do
- Spanish Harlem Incident
- The Bells Of Rhymney
- It'S All Over Now, Baby Blue
- She Don't Care About Time
- Turn! Turn! Turn!
- It Won't Be Wrong
- Lay Down Your Weary Tune
- He Was A Friend Of Mine
- The World Turns All Around Her
- The Day Walk (Never Before)
- The Times They Are A-Changin'
- 5 D (Fifth Dimension) (Single Version)
- I Know My Rider
- Eight Miles High
- Why
- Psychodrama City
- I See You
- Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go)
- Mr. Spaceman
- John Riley
- Roll Over Beethoven
- So You Want To Be A Rock 'N Roll Star (Single Version)
- Have You Seen Her Face
- My Back Pages
- Time Between
- It Happens Each Day
- Renaissance Fair
- Everybody's Been Burned
- The Girl With No Name
- Triad
- Lady Friend (Single Version)
- Old John Robertson
- Goin' Back (Single Version)
- Draft Morning
- Wasn't Born To Follow
- Dolphin's Smile
- Reputation
- You Ain't Going Nowhere
- The Christian Life
- I Am A Pilgrim
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- You Don't Miss Your Water
- Hickory Wind
- Nothing Was Delivered
- One Hundred Years From Now
- Pretty Polly
- Lazy Days
- This Wheel's On Fire
- Nashville West
- Old Blue
- Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
- Bad Night At The Whiskey
- Lay Lady Lay
- Mae Jean Goes To Hollywood
- Ballad Of Easy Rider (From the Columbia Motion Picture "Easy Rider")
- Oil In My Lamp
- Jesus Is Just Alright
- Way Beyond The Sun
- Tulsa County
- Deportee
- Lover Of The Bayou
- Willin'
- Black Mountain Rag (Soldier's Joy)
- Positively 4th Street
- Chestnut Mare
- Just A Season
- Kathleen's Song
- Truck Stop Girl
- Just Like A Woman
- Stanley's Song
- Glory, Glory
- I Trust
- I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician
- Green Apple Quick Step
- Tiffany Queen
- Bugler
- Lazy Waters
- Farther Along
- White's Lightning Pt. 1
- Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- He Was A Friend Of Mine
- Paths Of Victory
- From A Distance
- Love That Never Dies