As I Roved Out

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[Verse 1]
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As I roved out on a May morning

On a May morning right early
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I spied my love upon the way
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Oh, Lord but she was early.

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Her shoes were black, her stockings 
white

And her buckles shone like silver
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She had a dark and a roving eye
And her ear-rings touched her 
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shoulder

and she sang

[Chorus]
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lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a 
lith-a-doo-a-dee,
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And she high-di-dumma-dee, 
high-di-dumma-dee
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and she landed, and she sang
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lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a 
lith-a-doo-a-dee,
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And she high-di-dumma-dee, 
high-di-dumma-dee
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and she landed, and she landed

[Verse 2]
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“How old are you my bonny, wee girl?

How old are you my Darling?
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How old are you my bonny, wee girl?"
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“I’ll be seventeen on Sunday.”

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Well I went to her house on the top 
of the hill

When the moon was shining clearly.
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She arose to let me in
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But her mother chanced to hear me.

And she sang

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[Chorus]
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lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a 
lith-a-doo-a-dee,
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And she high-di-dumma-dee, 
high-di-dumma-dee
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and she landed, and she sang
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lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a 
lith-a-doo-a-dee,
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And she high-di-dumma-dee, 
high-di-dumma-dee
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and she landed, and she landed

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 3]
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She grabbed her by the hair of her 
head

And out of the room she brought her,
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And with the root of a hazel branch
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She was a well-beat daughter.

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“Will you marry me now my soldier 
boy
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Will you marry me now or never?
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Will you marry me now my soldier boy
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Can you see I’m done forever.”

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“Well I won’t marry you my bonny wee
 girl,
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I won’t marry you my Darling.
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For I have got a wife at home
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And how could I disown her?”

And she sang

[Chorus]
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lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a 
lith-a-doo-a-dee,
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And she high-di-dumma-dee, 
high-di-dumma-dee
         Am
and she landed, and she sang
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lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a 
lith-a-doo-a-dee,
         G
And she high-di-dumma-dee, 
high-di-dumma-dee
         Am
and she landed, and she landed

[Verse 4]
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A pint at night is my delight

And a gallon in the morning.
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The old women are my heart break
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But the young ones are my darlings.

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As I roved out on a May morning

On a May morning right early
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I spied my love upon the way
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Oh, Lord but she was early.

And she sang

[Chorus]
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lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a 
lith-a-doo-a-dee,
         G
And she high-di-dumma-dee, 
high-di-dumma-dee
         Am
and she landed, and she sang
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lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a 
lith-a-doo-a-dee,
         G
And she high-di-dumma-dee, 
high-di-dumma-dee
         Am
and she landed, and she sang
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lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a 
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lith-a-doo-a-dee,
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And she high-di-dumma-dee, 
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high-di-dumma-dee
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and she landed, and she landed

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