was in the year of 92 in the merry month of june i left my mother and a home so dear for the girl i loved on the green briar shore my mother dear she came to me and said oh son don t go don t leave your mother and a home so dear to trust a girl on the green briar shore but i was young and reckless too and i craved a reckless life i left my mother with a broken heart and i choose d that girl to be my wife her hair was dark and curly too and her loving eyes were blue her cheeks were like the red red rose the girl i loved on the green briar shore the years rolled on and the months rolled by she left me all alone now i remember what mother said never trust a girl on the green briar shore 