Fair young maid all in her garden Strange young man came riding by Saying fair young maid will you marry me And this then sir was her reply
Oh, no kind sir I cannot marry thee For I've a love who sails the deep salt sea He's been gone these seven years Still no man shall marry me
What if he's died all in some battle slain Or if he's drownded in the deep salt sea What if he's found some another love He and his new love both married be
If he's died all in some battle slain I will die when the moon doth wane If he's drownded in the deep salt sea I`ll be true to his memory
If he's found some other love He and his new love both married be I wish them health and happiness Where they now live all across the sea
He picked her up all in his arms And kisses gave her one, two, three, Saying weep no more my own true love I am your long lost John Riley