Little Glass Of Wine

The Stanley Brothers

Written by Carter Stanley

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
Come little girl let's go get married
              F                        C
My love is so great how can you slight me
              F                 C
I'll work for you both late and early
           G7                            C
And at our wedding my little wife you'll be

Verse 2

Oh Willie dear let's both consider
               F                   C
We'll both too young to be married now
           F                   C
When we're married we're bound together
           G7                   C
Let's stay single just one more year

Verse 3

He went to the bar where she was dancing
          F                   C
A jealous thought came to his mind
               F                C
I'll kill that girl my own true lover
                G7                  C
Before I'll let another man beat my time

Verse 4

He went to the bar and he called her to him
            F                       C
Said Willie dear what you want with me
         F                                  C
Come and drink wine with the one that loves you
                  G7                 C
More than anymore else you know said he

Verse 5

While they were in the bar a-drinking
              F                   C
That same old thought came to his mind
               F                 C
He killed that girl his own true lover
            G7                   C
He gave her poison in a glass of wine

Verse 6

She laid her head over on his shoulder
            F                   C
Said Willie dear please take me home
              F                   C
That glass of wine that I've been drinking
               G7               C
Has gone to my head and done me wrong

Verse 7

He laid his head over on her pillow
                F                    C
Let me read you Lord let me tell you mine
      F                      C
Molly dear I'm sorry to tell you
              G7                   C
We both drank poison in a glass of wine

Verse 8

They folded their arms around each other
                F             C
They cast their eyes into the sky
          F                C
Oh God oh God ain't this a pity
                   G7                  C
That the both true lovers are bound to die