As I Roved Out

verse 1 As I roved out on a May morning On a May morning right early I spied my love upon the way Oh, Lord but she was early. Her boots were black, her stockings white And her buckles shone like silver She had a dark and a roving eye And her ear-rings touched her shoulder. And she sang lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee, And she high-di-lan-di-dee, and she high-di-lan-di-dee and she lan-ded x2 she lan-ded verse 2 “How old are you my bonny, wee girl? How old are you my Darling? How old are you my bonny, wee girl?" “I’ll be seventeen on Sunday.” I went to her house on the top of the hill When the moon was shining clearly. She arose to let me in But her mother chanced to hear me. And she sang lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee, And she high-di-lan-di-dee, and she high-di-lan-di-dee and she lan-ded x2 she lan-ded verse 3 She grabbed her by the hair of her head And out of the room she brought her, And with the root of a hazel branch She was a well-beat daughter. “Will you marry me now my soldier boy Will you marry me now or never? Will you marry me now my soldier boy Can you see I’m done forever.” “Well I won’t marry you my bonny wee girl, I won’t marry you my Darling. For I have got a wife at home And how could I disown her?” And she sang lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee, And she high-di-lan-di-dee, and she high-di-lan-di-dee and she lan-ded x2 Verse A pint at night is my delight And a gallon in the morning. The old women are my heart break But the young ones are my darlings. As I roved out on a May morning On a May morning right early I spied my love upon the way Oh, Lord but she was early. And she sang lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee, And she high-di-lan-di-dee, and she high-di-lan-di-dee and she lan-ded x3 she lan-ded