as i walked out one morning all in the month of may down by a flowery garden i carelessly did stray. i overheard a young maid in sorrow did complain, all for her absent lover who plows the raging main.
i boldly stepped up to her and put her in surprise. i know she did not know me i being in disguise. i says, "me charming creature, my joy, my hearts delight, how far have you to travel this dark and dreary night?"
"im in search of a faithless young man.“ johnny is his name. and aloing the banks of claudy im told he does remain."
"this is the banks of claudy“ fair maid where on you stand. but dont depend on johnny for hes a false young man.
oh dont depend on johnny for hell not meet you here. but tarry with me in yon green woods no danger need you fear.
oh its six long weeks or better since johnny left the shore hes crossing the wild ocean where the foam and the billows roar. hes crossing the wild ocean for honour and for fame. but this ive heard, the ship was wrecked all on the coast of spain."
oh its when she heard this dreadful news she flew into dispair. by the wringing of her milk white hands and the tearing of her hair. saying "if johnny he is drowned no man on earth ill take, but through lonesome groves and valleys ill wander for his sake."
oh its when he saw her loyalty no longer could he stand he flew into her arms saying "betsy im the man."“ saying "betsy im the young man the cause of all your pain but since weve met on claudy banks well never part again."
[00:22.68]as i walked out one morning [00:27.50]all in the month of may [00:31.31]down by a flowery garden [00:35.91]i carelessly did stray. [00:40.18]i overheard a young maid [00:45.30]in sorrow did complain, [00:49.12]all for her absent lover [00:54.31]who plows the raging main. [00:59.22] [01:00.70]i boldly stepped up to her [01:05.51]and put her in surprise. [01:09.54]i know she did not know me [01:14.11]i being in disguise. [01:18.22]i says, "me charming creature, [01:23.39]my joy, my hearts delight, [01:27.57]how far have you to travel [01:31.72]this dark and dreary night?" [01:37.46] [01:38.45]"im in search of a faithless young man.“ [01:43.66]johnny is his name. [01:47.54]and aloing the banks of claudy [01:52.19]im told he does remain." [01:57.27] [01:58.46]"this is the banks of claudy“ [02:03.29]fair maid where on you stand. [02:07.32]but dont depend on johnny [02:11.76]for hes a false young man. [02:15.85] [02:16.51]oh dont depend on johnny [02:20.94]for hell not meet you here. [02:24.81]but tarry with me in yon green woods [02:29.58]no danger need you fear. [02:34.57] [02:40.42]oh its six long weeks or better [02:44.76]since johnny left the shore [02:48.79]hes crossing the wild ocean [02:53.24]where the foam and the billows roar. [02:57.54]hes crossing the wild ocean [03:02.54]for honour and for fame. [03:06.66]but this ive heard, the ship was wrecked [03:12.81]all on the coast of spain." [03:19.09] [03:32.03]oh its when she heard this dreadful news [03:36.72]she flew into dispair. [03:41.02]by the wringing of her milk white hands [03:45.25]and the tearing of her hair. [03:49.75]saying "if johnny he is drowned [03:55.32]no man on earth ill take, [03:59.21]but through lonesome groves and valleys [04:04.51]ill wander for his sake." [04:11.99] [04:16.56]oh its when he saw her loyalty [04:21.67]no longer could he stand [04:25.87]he flew into her arms saying [04:30.83]"betsy im the man."“ [04:34.53]saying "betsy im the young man [04:39.49]the cause of all your pain [04:43.47]but since weve met on claudy banks [04:49.81]well never part again." [04:58.78]
