As I Roved Out

As I roved out on a fine May morning
To view the meadows and flowers gay
Who 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 and the tears fell from her
Saying, "False young man, you have deluded me"

"A diamond ring I own I gave you
A diamond ring to wear on your right hand
But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them
And you married the lassie that had the land"

"If I married the lassie that had the land, my love
It's that I'll rue till the day I die
When this fortune falls, sure no man may shun it
I was blindfolded by nae denial"

And at night when I go to my bed of slumber
The thoughts of my true love run in my mind
When I turn around to embrace my darling
Instead of gold, sure 'tis brass I find

And I wish the queen would call home her armies
From the West Indies, America, and Spain
And every man to his wedded woman
In hopes that you and I will meet again