"Down By A Riverside" गीत

As I roved out one evening down by a riverside,
I overheard a damsel sing which filled my heart with pride.
May the heavens smile on you, fair one, send me another sun,
For I do wish you were my bride. Kind sir, I am too young.

The younger you are, my pretty fair maid, the better you are for me,
For I readily swear and do declare my lovely bride you will be.
He took her by the lily-white hand, he kissed her cheeks and chin,
And he took her to his own bedroom to spend the night with him.

0 the first part of the night they frolicked and they played,
And the next part of the night close in his arms she lay.
The night being spent and the day coming on and the morning sun appeared,
This young man arose, put on his clothes, saying: Fare you well, my dear.

O that's not the promise you made to me down by a riverside,
You promised that you'd marry me, make me your loving bride.
If I promised that I'd marry you, it's more than I can do,
For I never intend to marry a girl so easily led as you.

You go down your father's garden and there you'll cry your fill,
And when you think on what you've done you can blame your own free will.
There is a rose in your father's garden, some people call it rue,
When fish will fly and seas run dry, young men they will prove true.

There's lots of girls go to the fair which I've been often before,
But me, poor thing, must stay at home rocking the cradle o'er,
Rocking the cradle o'er and o'er, singing sweet lullaby.
Was there ever a girl in this wide world So easily led as I?