John Riley
Broadside Ballad
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Fair young maid all in a garden
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Strange young man, passerby
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Said, "Fair maid, will you marry me?"
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This then, sir, was her reply.
"Oh no, kind sir, I can not marry thee,
For I've a love who sails all on the seas,
He's been gone for seven years.
Still no man shall marry me."

"What if he's in some battle slain,
Or drownded in the deep salt sea?
What if he's found another love,
And he and his love, both married be?"

"If he's in some battle slain,
I will die when the moon doth wane.
If he's drownded, in the deep salt sea.
I'll be true to his memory.

"And if he's found another love,
And he and his love both married be.
I wish them health and happiness
Where they dwell across the sea."

He picked her up all in his arms.
And kisses gave her one, two, three.
Saying, "Weep no more, my own true love.
I am your long, long lost John Riley."