As I roved out on a
bright May morning
to view the meadows and
flowers gay
Whom should I spy but
my own true lover
as she sat under yon
willow tree.
I took off my hat and I
did salute her
I did salute her most
courageously
When she turned around
well the tears fell from her
sayin’ "False young
man, you have deluded me.
A diamond ring I owned
I gave you
a diamond ring to wear
on your right hand
But the vows you made,
love, you went and broke them
and married the lassie
that had the land."
"If I’d married the
lassie that had the land, my love
it’s that I’ll rue till
the day I die
When misfortune falls
sure no man can shun it
I was blindfolded I’ll
ne’er deny."
Now at nights when I go
to my bed of slumber
the thoughts of my true
love run in my mind
When I turned around to
embrace my darling
instead of gold sure
it’s brass I find.
And I wish the Queen
would call home her army
from the West Indies,
Amerikay and Spain
And every man to his
wedded woman
in hopes that you and I
will meet again.
His voice would bring a
tear to a glass eye.
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