Wild Wood Amber

Oh, the first time we met was in a 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 Jonny, oh lovely Jonny, what has altered your mind?

And oh, the colour of amber is my love's hair
And his two blue eyes, they enticed me
And his ruby libs, they being soft and fine
For many's the time they were pressed to mine

Oh, I'll go a-fishing in yonders brook
And I'll catch my love with a line and 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 to marry me above all womankind?
And you pulled off your apron, sheltered me from all wind
Lovely Jonny, oh lovely Jonny, 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
Till apples grow on an orange tree

For its apples that's 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 Jonny, lovely Jonny, what has altered your mind
When you promised to marry me above all womankind?
And you pulled off your apron sheltered me from all wind
Lovely Jonny, lovely Jonny, what has altered your mind?