As I roved out on a bright May morning
To view the meadows and the flowers gay
Whom should I spy but my own true lover
As she sat under the 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
Crying, "False young man, you have deluded me"
"A diamond ring that 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 wed the lassie that had the land"
"If I 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 sorrow
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'll find
And I wish the Queen would call home her army
From the West Indies, Americay and Spain
And every man to his wedded woman
In hopes that you and I will meet again