As I Roved Out

As I roved out one bright May morningTo view the purple heather and flowers gayWho should I spy but my own true loverAs she sat under yon willow treeI took off my hat and I did salute herI did salute her most courageouslyWhen she turned aroundAnd the tears fell from her eyesSaying 'False young man, you have deluded meThree diamond rings for love I gave youThree diamond rings to wear on your right handBut the vows you made, loveYou went and broke themAnd 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 dieBut when fortune calls few men can shun itI was a blind fool was I'Now at night when I go to my bed of slumberThe thoughts of my true love run in my mindWhen I turned around to embrace my darlingInstead of gold 'tis brass I findAnd I wish the Queen would call home her armiesFrom the West Indies, Americkay, and SpainAnd every man to his homeland would runAnd I in hope that we'd meet againThen I roved out one bright May morning...