Early one morning, just as the sun was rising
I heard a young maid sing in the valley below
Oh, don't deceive me; oh, never leave me
How could you use a poor maiden so

Remember the vows that you made to me truly
Remember how tenderly you nestled close to me
Gay is the garland, fresh are the roses
I've got from the garden to bind over thee

Here I now wander alone as I wonder
Why did you leave me to sigh and complain
I asked of the roses, why should I be forsaken
Why must I here in sorrow remain

Through yonder grove by the stream that is running
There you and I have so merrily played
Kissing and courting and gently sporting
Oh, my innocent heart you've betrayed

Soon you will meet with another pretty maiden
Some pretty maiden you'll court her for a while
Thus ever ranging, turning and changing
Always seeking for a girl that is new

Thus sung the maiden her sorrows bewailing
Thus sung the maid in the valley below
Oh don't deceive me; oh, never leave me
How could you use a poor maiden so

 (Trad. arr. A. Goraguer)

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