Lyr. Add: WILL YE GANG LOVE
Trad., arr. Black Brothers

As I came in by yon rushy wood
What spied I at my true love's door
My heart stood still, my eyes grew blind
For to see my bonnie lad leave me behind.

Chorus:
And will ye gang love and leave me now
Will ye gang love and leave me now
Will ye forsake your own true love
And gang wi' a lass that you never knew.

As I came in by yon lenten wend
I spied another my love attend
I bowed my head, I cried ochón
The best of my good days are gone.

And I will tell you the reason why
Because she's got more gold than I
And I will tell you the reason true
The sweeter taste of a love that's new.

I leaned my back against an oak
Thinking it was a trusty tree
But first it bent and then it broke
And so has my love done unto me.

And if you love me we'll never part
And instead of gold you can have my heart
You can have my heart with a right good will
You're a bonnie laddie, I love you still.

"The Black Family," Dara Records, CD 023, track 6, 1986.

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