1: As I roved out one evening fair in the pleasant month of June, The trees they were all in fragrant shade, the flowers all in their bloom; Down by yon grove as I did roam, no curse did me assail, When a pair I espied by a riverside in Dobbin's flowery vale.
2: I sat me down for to rest a while beneath yon spreading tree, And the gentle breeze blew softly by conveyed these words to me; \"Adieu sweet maid,\" the youth he said, \"For soon I must set sail, Aye, and bid adieu to Armagh and you, aye and Dobbin's flowery vale.\"
3: \"O cease to grieve that you're alone or think my love untrue, For wheresoever I chance to go my thoughts are all of you; There's not a flower in yonder bower in meadow hill or dale, That will me remind of the maid behind in Dobbin's flowery vale.
4: 'Twas mutual love together true, aye, and fondly they did embrace, And the tears like drops of morning dew rolled down each other's face; She tried in vain him to detain but while she did bewail, He bid adieu, aye, and I withdrew from Dobbin's flowery vale.