I'm rather sure that this is the one song looked for in the Seeking (40+) Irish Lyrics thread, so here it is in my transcription from Dolores Keane's 'There was a maid' record. It is closely related to Fair maid walking and Young and single sailor already in the DT but different enough for posting (see, for instance her doubts in the last verse).

THERE WAS A MAID IN HER FATHER'S GARDEN

There was a maid in her father's garden,
a gentleman being passing by.
He stood a while and he gazed upon her
Saying: "Fair young lady will you marry me".

"I'm no lady but a poor girl
and a poor girl of low degree.
So now, young man, choose another sweetheart,
for I'm not fitting your (maid/mate) to be."

"I have houses and I have lands
and I have money to set you free.
I'll make you a nice young lady
And you'll have servants to wait on thee."

"It's seven years since I had a sweetheart
and seven more since I did him see,
seven more I will wait upon him
and if he's alive he'll come home to me."

"It's seven years since you had a sweetheart
and seven more since you did him see,
seven more you will wait upon him,
perhaps this young man you'll never see."

"If he's sick I wish him better
and if he's dead I wish him rest,
if he's alive he will come home to me
for he's the young man that I love best."

He put his hand into his pocket,
his lily-white fingers being thin and small
and out between them he drew a gold ring
and when she saw it down she did fall.

He took her up all in his arms
And gave her kisses most tenderly
Saying: "I'm your true lover, a single sailor,
that came home from sea, love, to wed with thee."

"If you're my true love, a single sailor,
your face and features seem strange to me,
but seven years make great alterations
on the raging seas between you and me."

Wolfgang