Hi,

Here's a version mentioned by Steve that is Roud 3461. It's sung from the male perspective and is clearly related although only one stanza is in common, stanza 2. There's one US ballad related to Died for Love from an unknown source usually sung from the male perspective, I'll introduce it later.

Dibden Town in stanza 2 is probably "Dibden Purlieu" is a village situated on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire. Stanza 3 seems like it was plucked from "The Soldier's Return." The last stanzas have the feeling of the end of "Trees They Do Grow High" with life's passing of time.

Through Lonesome Woods- sung by Henry Perkes of Cadnam, Hampshire on October 20, 1908. Collected by Gardiner.

1. Through lonesome woods I took my way,
So dark, so dark, as dark can be.
Where leaves were shivering on every tree
Which don't you think 'twas grief to me.
        
2. As I was going up Dibden town
I saw my true love a-sitting down.
I saw her sitting on another man's knee,
Which don't you think 'twas grief for me.
        
3. I called my true love by her name,
Then up she rose and to me came.
I gave her kisses by one, two, three
But none so sweet as she gave me.        

4. Now the winter's gone, the summer's come,
The small birds from the nest is sprung.
I'll tell you plainly unto your face,
"You're not the young man that I love best."
        
5. Now the winter's gone, the summer's come,
The small birds from their nest is sprung
I'll neither borrow nor I'll lend
But I'll keep my heart for a better friend.

Richie