Early one mor-ning, just as the sun was rising I heard a maid sing in the valley below = Early one mor-ning, just as the sun was rising = I heard a maid singin’ in the valley below = "Oh, don't deceive me, Oh, never leave me, = How could you use a poor mai-den so?"
How could you sli-ght so a pretty girl who loves you A pretty girl who lo-ves you so dearly and warm? = How could you sli-ght so a pretty girl who loves you = A pretty girl who lo-ves you so dearly and warm? = Though the love's folly is but a fancy, = Still it should prove to me- sweeter than your scorn.
Soon you will me-et with another pretty mai-den Some pretty maiden, and you'll court her for a while; = Soon you will me-et with another pretty mai-den = Some pretty maiden, and you'll court her for a while; = Thus ever ranging, turning and changing = And always seeking for a gi-rl that is new.