Traditional: Early One Morning

Early one morning, just as the sun was rising

I heard a maid sing in the valley below

Oh, don't deceive me, Oh never leave me

How could you use a poor maiden so

Oh gay is the garland, fresh are the roses

I've culled from the garden to bind on thy brow

Oh don't deceive me, Oh never leave me

How could you use a poor maiden so

Remember the vows that you made to your Mary

Remember the bow'r where you vowed to be true

Oh, don't deceive me, Oh never leave me

How could you use a poor maiden so

Thus sung the poor maiden, her sorrow bewailing

Thus sung the poor maid in the valley below

Oh don't deceive me! Oh never leave me

How could you use a poor maiden so