A Maid in Bedlam

Abroad as I was walking
 One evening in the spring
 I heard a maid in Bedlam
 So sweetly for to sing
 Her chains she rattled with her hands
 And thus replied she
 "I love my love
 Because I know
 My love loves me!"
 Oh cruel were his parents
 That sent my love to sea
 And cruel was the galleon
 That bore my love from me
 Yet I love his parents since they're his
 Although they've ruined me
 I love my love
 Because I know
 My love loves me!
 Would I become a swallow
 Ascend into the air
 And if I lost my lover
 And could not find him there
 I quickly would become a fish
 And search the flowing sea
 I love my love
 Because I know
 My love loves me
 With straw I'll weave a garland
 I'll weave it very fine
 With roses, daisies, lilies
 I'll mix the eglantine
 And I'll present it to my love
 When he returns from sea
 For I love my love
 Because I know
 My love loves me
 Just as she sat there weeping
 Her love he came on land
 Then hearing she was in Bedlam
 He ran straight out of hand
 And he flew into her snow-white arms
 And thus replied he
 "I love my love
 Because I know
 My love loves me."
 So now these two are married
 And happy may they be
 Like turtle Doves together
 In love and unity
 All pretty maids with patience wait
 That have got loves at sea
 I love my love
 Because I know
 My love loves me
 I love my love
 Because I know
 My love loves me