A fair young maid was in her garden
A soldier boy came riding by
Fair young maid here in your garden
Pretty fair maid will you marry me
No, I've a true love across the ocean
For seven years he's been at sea
And if he stays there seven years longer
No one but him will marry me
Well, what if you're true love, he is drowned
Or a upon a battlefield slain
What if he's to some young girl married
You'll never see your love again
Well, if my true love he is drowned
Or a upon a battlefield slain
If he's to some young girl married
I'll love the girl what married him
And when he saw how much she loved him
Kisses he gave her, one, two, three
Pretty fair maid I am no stranger
Here is the ring you gave to me
So arm in arm they walked together
Down to the church on their wedding day
They locked their hands and their hearts together
The soldier boy and his fair young maid