As I roved out on a May morning,
On a May morning quite early,
It’s there I met my 0wn true love
But lord she was early.
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And she sang lithie adoda lithie adoda lithie adoda alee
And she hidle daloppa dee she hidaloppa dee and see landed
.
Her hair was black her stockings white
and her buckles shone like silver
She had a dark and a roving eye
And her earrings tipped her shoulder
.
I went to the house on the top of the hill
whe the moon was shining clearly
And she arose to let me in
But her mother chanced to hear me
.
She caught her by the hair of her head
And down to the room she brought her
And by the root of a hazel twig
She was a well beat daughter
.
Will ye marry me now me soldier lad
Will ye marry me now or never
Marry me now me soldier lad
For you see I’m done forever
.
I can’t marry you me bonnie wee lass
I can’t marry you nae never
For I have got a wife at home
And how csn I disown her
.
Now a pint at night is my delight
And a gallon in the morning.
The old women are my heartbreak
But the young ones are my darling.