As Andy Roved out Lyrics

As I roved out, on a bright Maymorning,
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, courageously.
When she turned around, well, 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 married the lassie that had the land."

"If I married the lassie that had the land, my love,
When misfortune falls, no man can shun it
I was a 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 turn around to embrace my darling
Instead of gold, it is 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.