Wild Wood Amber - Sam Lee

O, the first time we met

Was in the wild wood

And the pinks and wild roses

All around us they stood

And you pulled off your apron

Sheltered me from all wind

Lovely Johnny, o lovely Johnny

What has altered your mind?

And o, the color of amber is my love’s hair

And his two blue eyes, they enticèd 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?

You pulled off your apron

Sheltered me from all wind

Lovely Johnny, lovely Johnny

What has altered your mind?

O, 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 as apples is ripe, but they soon get 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?