Shirley Collins sings Searching for Lambs
As I rode out one May morning,
One May morning betimes,
I met a maid, from home had strayed,
All as the sun did shine.
"What makes you rise so soon, my love,
Your journey to pursue?
Your pretty little feet they tread so neat,
Strike off the morning dew."
"I'm off to feed my father's flocks,
His young and tender lambs,
That over hills and over dales
Lie waiting for their dams."
"But stay, o stay, you handsome maid,
And rest a moment here.
For there is none but you alone
That I do love so dear."
"How gloriously the sun doth shine,
How lovely is the air.
I'd rather rest on my true love's breast
Than any other where."
"Now thou art mine and I am thine,
And no man shall uncomfort me.
We'll join our hands in wedlock bands
And married we shall be."
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Come Write Me Down (The Wedding Song)
Come write me down, ye powers above
The man that first created love,
For I've a diamond in my eye
Wherein all my joys and comforts lie.
As I rode out one May morning,
One May morning betimes,
I met a maid, from home had strayed,
All as the sun did shine.
"What makes you rise so soon, my love,
Your journey to pursue?
Your pretty little feet they tread so neat,
Strike off the morning dew."
"I'm off to feed my father's flocks,
His young and tender lambs,
That over hills and over dales
Lie waiting for their dams."
"But stay, o stay, you handsome maid,
And rest a moment here.
For there is none but you alone
That I do love so dear."
"How gloriously the sun doth shine,
How lovely is the air.
I'd rather rest on my true love's breast
Than any other where."
"Now thou art mine and I am thine,
And no man shall uncomfort me.
We'll join our hands in wedlock bands
And married we shall be."
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Come Write Me Down (The Wedding Song)
Come write me down, ye powers above
The man that first created love,
For I've a diamond in my eye
Wherein all my joys and comforts lie.