I courted a wee girl for many's the long day And slighted all others who came in my way And now she's rewarded me to the last day For she's gone to be wed to another The bride and bride's party to church they did go The bride she rode foremost she put the best show And I followed after with a heart full of woe To see my love wed to another The bride and bride's party in church they did stand Gold rings on their fingers, a love by the hand And the man that she's wed to has houses and land He may have her since I couldn't gain her The next time I say her she was seated down neat I sat down beside her not a bite could I eat For I thought my love's company far better than meat Since love was the cause of my ruin The last time I saw her she was all dressed in white And the more I gazed on her she dazzled my sight I lifted my hat and I bade her goodnight Here's adieu to all false-hearted lovers I courted that wee girl for many's the long day And I slighted all others that came in my way And now she's rewarded me to the last day For she's gone to be wed to another So dig me a grave and dig it down deep And strew it all over with primrose so sweet And lay me down in it for no more to weep Since love was the cause of my ruin.