Ye Rambling Boys

Ye rambling boys of pleasure, take heed to these words

I write

I see you are a roving lad, in that I took great

delight

I fell in love with a handsome man, who ofttimes did

me slight

But my mind was never easy, 'till he was by my side

It was down by the banks of the river Lea, first I saw

this man

'Twas there I saw my own true love, these words to him

did say

I see you take love easy like the green leaves on the

tree

But he being so young and so foolish, with me he would

not agree

'Twas the second time I saw this man, I knew his heart

was mine

But like the weather it do change, this young man did

change his mind

He said "gold is the root of all evil, it do shone

like the glittering dew

It's the cause of a lad and a lass for to part, though

their hearts be ever so true

Now there is one thing that do grieve me, to be called

a runaway

To leave where I was born-ed in, may kind heaven pity

me

To leave the ones I love behind, but alas, what can I

do

And tonight he'll go courting another young girl, a

girl I don't know who

How I wish I were in Willow town, my true love with

me

And money to support us, keep us in good company

With money to support us, both growing old at each

other's side

Misfortune will never daunt us for we are young and

the world is wide