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