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As I Roved Out

  • 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.

Susannes Folksong-Notizen


See also
Lith a doodle, As I Rode Out ?
Origins: As I roved out one bright May morning

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