Her Mantle So Green

Intro verse 1 As I went out walking, one morning in June To view the fair fields, and the valleys in bloom; I spied a pretty fair maid, she a-ppeared like a queen, With - her costly fine robes and her mantle so green Interlude verse 2 Says I, my pretty fair maid, won’t you come with me, We'll both join in wedlock, and married we'll be; I will dress you in fine linen, you'll a-ppear like a queen, With - your costly fine robes and your mantle so green. Interlude verse 3 Says she, now my young man, you must be ex-cused, For I'll wed with no man, so you must be re-fused; To the green woods I will wander and shun all men's view For - the boy I love dearly lies in famed Water-loo. Instrumental verse 4 Well, if you're not married, say your lover's name I fought in that battle, so I might know the same. Draw near to my garment, and there you will see His – name is em-broidered on my mantle so green. Interlude Verse 5 In the ribbon of her mantle, there I did be-hold, His name and his surname, in letters of gold Young William O'Riley, a-ppeared in my view He – was my chief comrade back in famed Water-loo Interlude Verse 6 And as he lay dying, I heard his last cry ’If you were here lovely Nancy I'd be willing to die’ And as I told her this story, in anguish she flew, And - the more that I told her, the paler she grew Interlude Verse 7 So I smiled on my Nancy, 'twas I broke your heart, In your fathers garden, that day we did part And this is the truth, and the truth I de-clare, Oh – here's your love token the gold ring I wear