As I roved out on a bright May morning To view the meadows and flowers gay Well whom should I spy but my own true lover As she sat under yon willow tree I turned around and I did salute her I did salute her most courageously But when she turned around sure the tears fell from her Saying false young man you have deluded me A diamond ring I owned I gave you A diamond ring to wear on your right hand But the vows you made well you went and broke them And married the lassie that had the land If I married the lassie that had the land my love It's that I'll rue till the day I die But when misfortune falls no man can shun it I was blindfolded I'll ne'er deny Now at night when I go to my bed of slumber The thought of my true love are never from my mind But when I turn around to embrace my darling Instead of gold sure it's brass I find