O, the first time we met Was in the wild wood And the pinks and wild roses All around us they stood And you pulled off your apron Sheltered me from all wind Lovely Johnny, o lovely Johnny What has altered your mind? And o, the color of amber is my loves hair And his two blue eyes, they enticd me And his ruby lips, they being soft and fine For manys the time they were pressed to mine Oh Ill go afishing in yonders brook And Ill catch my love with a line and a hook And if he loves me as I love him No man on earth can part us two Lovely Johnny, lovely Johnny Do you remember the time When you promised youd marry me Above all womankind? You pulled off your apron Sheltered me from all wind Lovely Johnny, lovely Johnny What has altered your mind? O, I wish, I wish, but its all in vain And I wish to God Is a maiden again But a maiden again I will never more be Til apples grow on an orange tree For as apples is ripe, but they soon get rotten A young mans heart it soon grows cold What care I for the world of pleasure? All I wants is an honest young man Lovely Johnny, lovely Johnny What has altered your mind? When you promised youd marry me Above all womankind And you pulled off your apron Sheltered me from all wind Lovely Johnny, lovely Johnny What has altered your mind?
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