Hard, Ain't It Hard

There is a house in this old town And that's where my true love lays around And he takes other women right down on his knee And he tells them a little tale he won't tell me It's a-hard and it's hard, ain't it hard To love one that never did love you? It's a-hard and it's hard, ain't it hard, great God To love one that never will be true? First time I seen my true love He was walkin' by my door The next time I saw his false hearted smile He was layin' dead and cold on floor Well, who's goin' to kiss your ruby lips? And who's goin' to hold you to his breast? And who will talk your future over While I'm out ramblin' in the West? Don't go to drinkin' or to gamblin' Don't go there, your sorrows to drown That hard-liquor place is a low-down disgrace It's the meanest old place in this town