I don't know if anyone is still looking for this. It is a beautiful song with a tune that I find haunting. Transcribed from Anne Dodson's "Against The Moon" Rosemarie I came last night across the green fields I came last night across the green land And there I saw a nut tree stand Under the tree, Rosemarie There I saw a nut tree stand Sweetest my love. And under the nut tree stood a maiden And under the nut tree stood a maid Talking with a nightingale Under the tree, Rosemarie Talking with a nightingale Sweetest my love. Oh nightingale how sweetly you whisper Oh nightingale how sweetly you sing Oh, will you take a letter to him? Under the tree, Rosemarie Will you take a letter to him? Sweetest my love. He took the letter from her fingers He took the letter from her hand And he’s flown high o’er sea and land Under the tree, Rosemarie He’s flown high o’er sea and land Sweetest my love. And by the window, there she waited And by the window, there she stayed Oh is my love alive or dead? Under the tree, Rosemarie Is my love alive or dead? Sweetest my love I could not sleep this whole night over I could not sleep this whole night through Oh where’s the message my love gave you? Under the tree, Rosemarie Where’s the message my love gave you? Sweetest my love Your love sent you a message of iron Your love sent you a message of ice He says he’s taken another one Under the tree, Rosemarie He says he’s taken another wife Sweetest my love If he has found another lover If he has found another one Well, I’ll not grieve him all my life Under the tree, Rosemarie I’ll not grieve him all my life Sweetest my love For I will find another lover For I will find another man For what one does, the other one can Under the tree, Rosemarie What one does, the other one can Sweetest my love
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