John Riley Joan Baez
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Fair young maid all in a garden
Strange young man, passerby
Said, "Fair maid, will you marry me?"
This then, sir, was her reply
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"Oh, no, kind sir, I cannot marry thee
For I've a love who sails all on the seas
He's been gone for seven years
Still no man shall marry me"
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"What if he's in some battle slain?
Or drownded in the deep salt sea?
What if he's found another love
And he and his love both married be?"
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"Well, if he's in some battle slain
I will die when the moon doth wane
If he's drowned in the deep salt sea
I'll be true to his memory
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And if he's found another love
And he and his love both married be
I'll wish them health and happiness
Where they dwell across the sea"
Fair young maid all in a garden
Strange young man, passerby
Said, "Fair maid, will you marry me?"
This then, sir, was her reply
[Verse]
"Oh, no, kind sir, I cannot marry thee
For I've a love who sails all on the seas
He's been gone for seven years
Still no man shall marry me"
[Verse]
"What if he's in some battle slain?
Or drownded in the deep salt sea?
What if he's found another love
And he and his love both married be?"
[Verse]
"Well, if he's in some battle slain
I will die when the moon doth wane
If he's drowned in the deep salt sea
I'll be true to his memory
[Verse]
And if he's found another love
And he and his love both married be
I'll wish them health and happiness
Where they dwell across the sea"
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