The Pentangle - I Loved a La** lyrics

Oh I loved a la** and I loved her so well And I hated all others who of her spoke ill. But now she's rewarded me well for my love, She's a gone to be wed to another. When I saw my love, to the church go With bride and bride maidens she made a fine show. I followed her on with a heart full of woe She's a gone to be wed to another. When I saw my love sit down to dine. I sat down beside her and I poured out the wine. I drank to the la**ie that should have been mine, She's a gone to be wed to another. And the men in the forest they asked of me, Saying, "How many strawberries grow in the salt sea?" I answered them back with a tear in my eye, "How many ships sail in the forest?"