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