I met my love in Cambridge Town The waters they still run beside the mill I called his name in the morning frost The waters they still run beside the mill “Oh where have you been, these ten days three Why is it, you stay away from me?” “I stay from you (He answered me) For my heart is no longer free”
O hush sweet love you ... frighten me Tomorrow I must married be Your words are daggers, that cannot be Tomorrow I shall married be
You asked my hand, my life I gave The love we shared binds you to me Alas fair maid, that love is dead and tomorrow I am to be wed
I walked alone in Cambridge Town The waters they still run beside the mill I spied my love inside his home The waters they still run beside the mill I called his name in the morning frost My true love he hid his face from me “I shed bitter tears for the girl I had lost” But the waters they still run beside the mill