Intro Verse As I roved out on a bright May morning To view beyond, the meadows and flowers gay Whom should I spy but my own true lover As she sat under yon willow tree Verse I took off my hat and I did salute her Oh, I did salute her most courageously When she turned around, well, the tears fell down from her Saying, "False young man, you have deluded me" Verse "And a diamond ring I owned, I gave you A hard 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" Verse "If I 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" Instrumental Verse Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber My 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 Verse 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 Outro