Lyrics
Oh the first time we met was in the wildwood
The pinks and wild roses all around us they stood
And you pulled off your apron, sheltered me from all wind
Lovely Johnny, oh lovely Johnny, what has altered your mind?
Oh the colour of amber is my love's hair
And his two blue eyes they enticed me
And his ruby lips they being soft and fine
For many's the time they were pressed to mine
Oh I'll go a-fishing in yonder's brook
And I'll catch my love with a line and a hook
And if he loves me as I love him
No man on earth can part us two
Lovely Johnny, lovely Johnny, do you remember the time
When you promised you'd marry me above all womankind?
And you pulled off your apron, sheltered me from all wind
Lovely Johnny, lovely Johnny, what has altered your mind?
Oh I wish, I wish, but it's all in vain
And I wish to God I's a maiden again
But a maiden again I will never more be
'Til apples grow on an orange tree
For his apples does ripe but they soon gets rotten
A young man's heart it soon grows cold
What care I for the world of pleasure?
All I wants is an honest young man
Lovely Johnny, lovely Johnny, what has altered your mind?
When you promised you'd marry me above all womankind?
And you pulled off your apron, sheltered me from all wind
Lovely Johnny, lovely Johnny, what has altered your mind?