As I Roved Out Lyrics - Jane Siberry

As I roved out one bright May morning 

To view the purple heather and flowers gay 

Who should I spy but my own true lover 

As she sat under yon willow tree 

I took off my hat and I did salute her 

I did salute her most courageously 

When she turned around and the tears fell from her eyes 

Saying, "False young man, you have deluded me" 

Three diamond rings for love I gave you 

Three diamond rings to wear on your right hand 

But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them 

And married the lassie that had the land 

If I married the lassie that had the land, my love 

'Tis that I'll rue until the day I die 

But when fortune calls few men can shun it 

I was a blind fool was I 

Now at night when I go to my bed of slumber 

The thoughts of my true love run in my mind 

When I turned around to embrace my darling 

Instead of gold 'tis brass I find 

And I wish the Queen would call home her armies 

From the West Indies, America and Spain 

And every man to his homeland would run 

And I in hope that we'd meet again 

As I roved out one bright May morning 

To view the purple heather and flowers gay 

Who should I spy but my own true lover 

As she sat under yon willow tree