As I Roved Out Lyrics

As I Roved Out

As I roved out one bright May morning 
To view the purple heather 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 eyes 
Saying `False young man, you have deluded me 
 
Three diamond rings for love I gave you 
Three diamond rings 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 married the lassie that had the land, my love 
`Tis that I`ll rue until the day I die 
But when fortune calls few men can shun it 
I was a blind fool was I` 
 
Now at night 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 `tis brass I find 
 
And I wish the Queen would call home her armies 
From the West Indies, Americkay, and Spain 
And every man to his homeland would run 
And I in hope that we`d meet again 
Then I roved out one bright May morning...