Come all you Garners Gay
That are just now in your prime
I wish I was in that bonny girl's arms
Where I've been many a time
Where I've been many a time
Where I've been many a time
I wish I was in that bonny girl's arms
Where I've been many a time

Green willows they will twist
Green willows they will twine
I wish I was in that bonny girl's arms
Where I've been many a time
Where I've been many a time
Where I've been many a time
I wish I was in that bonny girl's arms
Where I've been many a time

But it's once I had time enough
And it flourish for night and day
Until that girl, that bonny, bonny girl
Come and stole all me time away
She come and stole all me time away
She come and stole all me time away
Until that girl, that bonny, bonny girl
Come and stole all me time away

So now my whole time is gone
And I cannot plant any new
For the very same place where the old thyme grew
It's all over running, running rue
It's all over running, running rue
It's all over running, running rue
For the very same place where the old thyme grew
It's all over running, running rue

Oh the rue, that running, running rue
It's not the flower for me
I will pluck up all that running, running rue
And plant down the sturdy oak tree
And plant down the sturdy oak tree
And plant down the sturdy oak tree
I will pluck up all that running, running rue
And plant down the sturdy oak tree

Stand you fast, stand you fast sturdy oak
Stand you fast, don't ever die
And I'll prove as true to my own true love
As the stars prove true to the sky
As the stars prove true to the sky
As the stars prove true to the sky
I'll prove as true to my own true love
As the stars prove true to the sky

But it's very nice drinking ale
And it's far better drinking wine
But I like to sleep in that bonny girl's arms
Where I've been many a time
Where I've been many a time
Where I've been many a time
But I like to sleep in that bonny girl's arms
Where I've been many a time