The False Bride

As I roved out one bright May morning
To view the meadows and flowers gay
Who should I spy but my own true lover
As she sat under a willow tree

I took off my hat and I did salute her
I did salute her most courageously
When she turned around, lord, the tears fell from her
Crying, "False young man, you have deluded me."

A diamond ring I own I gave you, love
A diamond ring to wear on your right hand
But the vows that you made, love, you went and you broke them
And married the lassie who had the land.”

“If I married the lassiе who had the land, my love
It's that I'll rue 'til thе day I die
But when fortune calls, sure no man can shun her
I was blindfolded I’ll ne’er deny.”

Now at night when I go to my bed for slumber
It's thoughts of my true love run in my mind
When I turn around to embrace my darling
Instead of gold, it's brass I find