Early one morning just as the sun was rising
I heard a maid singing in the valley below
O don't deceive me
O do not leave me
How could you use a poor maiden so
O gay is the garland fresh are the roses
I've culled from the garden to bind on thy brow
O don't deceive me
O do not leave me
How could you use a poor maiden so
Remember the vows that you made to your Mary
Remember the bow'r where you vow'd to be true
O don't deceive me
O never leave me
How could you use a poor maiden so
Thus sung the poor maiden her sorrow bewailing
Thus sung the poos maiden in the valley below
O don't deceive me
O do not leave me
How could you use a poor maiden so