ALL IN A GARDEN GREEN

All in a garden green
Two lovers sat at ease
Withdrawn where they could scarce be seen
Among the leafy trees
They long had loved y-fair
And no longer than true-ly
In that time of the year
In that time of the year
Comes twixt May and July.

Quoth he, "Oh, lovely maid,
My troth will aye endure.
So be yet ye-e-e not afraid
But rest thee still secure
That I will love thee long
As life in me shall last
Now I am young and strong
Now I am young and strong
And when my youth is past.

From singing of Richard Dyer-Bennett, in the 50s.
DRO^^