Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry

 Farewell to cold winter, summer's come at last
 Nothing have I gained but my true love I have lost
 I'll sing and I'll be happy like the birds upon the tree
 For since he deceived me I care no more for he 

 Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim
 He doesn't care for me nor I don't care for him
 He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy
 For I am going to marry a far nicer boy 

 He wrote me a letter saying he was very bad
 I sent him back an answer saying I was awful glad 
 He wrote to me another saying he was well and strong
 But I care no more about him than the ground he walks upon 

 Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim
 He doesn't care for me nor I don't care for him
 He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy
 For I am going to marry a far nicer boy 

 Some of his friends had a good kind wish for me
 Others of his friends they could hang me on a tree
 But soon I'll let them see my love, and soon I'll let them know
 That I can get a new sweetheart on any grounds I go 

 Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim
 He doesn't care for me nor I don't care for him
 He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy
 For I am going to marry a far nicer boy 

 He can go to his old mother now and set her mind at ease
 I hear she is an old, old woman, very hard to please
 It's slighting me and talking ill is what she's always done
 Because that I was courting her great big ugly son 

 Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim
 He doesn't care for me nor I don't care for him
 He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy
 For I am going to marry a far nicer boy