Intro
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As I roved out on a bright May morning
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To view beyond, the meadows and flowers gay
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Whom should I spy but my own true lover
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As she sat under yon willow tree
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I took off my hat and I did salute her
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Oh, I did salute her most courageously
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When she turned around, well, the tears fell down from her
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Saying, "False young man, you have deluded me"
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"And a diamond ring I owned, I gave you
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A hard diamond ring to wear on your right hand
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But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them
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And married the lassie that had the land"
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"If I married the lassie that had the land, my love
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It's that I'll rue till the day I die
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When misfortune falls, sure no man can shun it
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I was blindfolded, I'll ne'er deny"
Instrumental
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Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber
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My thoughts of my true love, run in my mind
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When I turned around to embrace my darling
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Instead of gold, sure it's brass I find
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And I wish the Queen would call home her army
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From the West Indies, Amerikay and Spain
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And every man to his wedded woman
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In hopes that you and I will meet again
Outro
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