As I Roved Out Lyrics

INTRO: G C D
As I roved out one fine May morning
To view the meadows and flowers gay
Oh, who should I spot, but my own true lover
As she sat by yon willow tree
I took off my hat and I did salute her
I did salute her most courageously
As she turned around, the tears fell from her
Saying, "False young man, you've deluded me
And the diamond ring I behold, I gave to you
A diamond ring to wear on your right hand
But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them
And you wed the lassie who has the land."
"If I wed the lassie who has the land, my love,
It's that I'll rue 'til the day I die.
When misfortune falls, sure the man may shun it,
It was my fault, that I'll not deny"
INSTRUMENTAL: C G C Am D C D Am C D
"And at night when I go to my bed of slumber
The thoughts of my love are in my mind.
As I turn around to embrace my darling,
Oh, instead of gold, sure 'tis brass I will find
And I wish The Queen would bring home all her armies
From the West Indies, America and Spain.
And every man to his wedded woman
Oh, in hopes that I might be with thee again"