Folkemelodi - Tekst: Ukendt
1. Early one morning
Just as the sun was rising,
I heard a maid sing
In the valley below.
O, don't deceive me,
o, never leave me,
how could you use a poor maiden so?
2. Remember the vows
That your made-to your Mary,
Remember the bow'r
Where you vow'd to be true.
O, don't ...
3. O, gay is the garland,
And fresh are the roses,
I've culled from the garden
To bind on thy brow.
O, don't ...
4. Thus sang the poor maiden.
Her sorrows bewailing,
Thus sang the poor maid
In the valley below.
O, don 't ...
2/1·vow = løfte. 4/2; bewail = begræde.