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

Last time I seen

His false hearted smile

He was dead on his coolin' board

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

Don't go to drinkin' and gamblin'

Don't go there your sorrows to drown

That hard liquor place

Is a low down disgrace

It's the meanest damn place in this town

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

Well who's goin' to kiss your ruby lips

And who's goin' to hold you to their breast

And who will talk your future over

While I'm ramblin' in the West

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