As I Roved Out

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