As I Roved Out

As i roved out on a may morning

On a may morning right early

I spied my love upon the way

Oh lord but she was early.

Her shoes were black, her stockings white

Her buckles shone like silver

She had a dark and rovin' eye

And her earrings touched her shoulders.

She sang

A lith a dlddle, lith a diddle lith a dlddle dee

Cha hiddle hundiddy, cha hiddle hundiddy

And cha lan day

How old are you my bonny be girl

How old are my darlin

How old are you my bonny be girl

"i'll be seventeen on sunday"

So i went to the house at the top of the hill

The moon was shining clearly

She arose to let me in

But her mother chanced to hear me.

She sang

A lith a dlddle, lith a diddle lith a dlddle dee

Cha hiddle hundiddy, cha hiddle hundiddy

And cha lan day

She caught her by the hair of the head

And out of the room she brought her

With the root of a hazel branch

She was the well beat daughter.

Will you marry me now my soldier boy?

Will you marry me now or never?

Will you marry me now my soldier boy?

Can't you see i'm done forever?

I won't marry you now my bonnie be girl

I won't marry you my darlin'

For i have got a wife at home

And how can i disown her

She sang

A lith a dlddle, lith a diddle lith a dlddle dee

Cha hiddle hundiddy, cha hiddle hundiddy

And cha lan day

A pint at night is my delight

And a gallon in the morning

The old women they are my heartbreak

And the young ones are my darlin's.

As i roved out on a may morning

On a may morning right early

I spied my love upon the way

Oh lord but she was early.

She sang

A lith a dlddle, lith a diddle lith a dlddle dee

Cha hiddle hundiddy, cha hiddle hundiddy

And cha lan day