Go and tell him to clear me one acre of ground Setherwood sale, rosemary and thyme tween the sea and the sea-land side And then he’ll be true love of mine
Go and tell her to sew me a cambrick shirt Setherwood sale, rosemary and thyme Without any needle or needle’s work And men shall be a true lover of mine
Go and tell him to plow with a plow of old leather Setherwood sale, rosemary and thyme hoe it all down with a pea fowls feather And then he’ll be a true lover of mine
Go and tell her to wash it in yonder well Setherwood sale, rosemary and thyme Never was water or rain ever fell And men shall be a true lover of mine
Go and tell him to plant with one grain of corn Setherwood sale, rosemary and thyme And reap it all down with an old ram’s horn And then he’ll be a true lover of mine
Go and tell her to hang it on yonder thorn Setherwood sale, rosemary and thyme Which never bore leaf since Adam was born And then shell be a true lover of mine And men he’ll be a true lover of mine And men he’ll be a true lover of mine