The Clancy Brothers - As I Roved Out lyrics

As I roved out on a May morning On a May morning right early I met my love upon the way Oh, Lord but she was early And she sang lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle-dee And she hi-di-lan-di-dee, and she hi-di-lan-di-dee and she lan- day Her boots were black and her stockings white And her buckles shone like silver She had a dark and a rolling eye And her ear-rings tipped her shoulder And she sang lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle-dee And she hi-di-lan-di-dee, and she hi-di-lan-di-dee and she lan- day "What age are you my bonny wee la** What age are you my honey?" Right modestly she answered me "I'll be seventeen on Sunday" And she sang lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle-dee And she hi-di-lan-di-dee, and she hi-di-lan-di-dee and she lan- day "Where do you live my bonny wee la** Where do you live my honey?" "In a wee house up on the top of the hill And I live there with my mammy" And she sang lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle-dee And she hi-di-lan-di-dee, and she hi-di-lan-di-dee and she lan- day "If I went to the house on the top of the hill When the moon was shining clearly Would you arise and let me in And your mammy not to hear you?" And she sang lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle-dee And she hi-di-lan-di-dee, and she hi-di-lan-di-dee and she lan- day I went to the house on the top of the hill When the moon was shining clearly She arose to let me in But her mammy chanced to hear her And she sang lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle-dee And she hi-di-lan-di-dee, and she hi-di-lan-di-dee and she lan- day She caught her by the hair of the head And down to the room she brought her And with the bu*t of a hazel twig She was the well-beat daughter And she sang lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle-dee And she hi-di-lan-di-dee, and she hi-di-lan-di-dee and she lan- day "Will you marry me now my soldier lad Will you marry me now or never? Will you marry me now my soldier lad For you see I'm done forever" And she sang lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle-dee And she hi-di-lan-di-dee, and she hi-di-lan-di-dee and she lan- day "I can't marry you my bonny wee la** I can't marry you my honey For I have got a wife at home And how could I disown her?" And she sang lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle-dee And she hi-di-lan-di-dee, and she hi-di-lan-di-dee and she lan- day A pint at night is my delight And a gallon in the morning The old women are my heart break But the young ones is my darling And she sang lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle-dee And she hi-di-lan-di-dee, and she hi-di-lan-di-dee and she lan- day