| lyric | As I was going down the road, One fine morning.
Oh thew brown and the yellow ale
I met with a young man without any warning,
Oh, love of my heart.
He asked me if the woman by my side was my daughter,
Oh the brown and the yellow ale,
When I said she was my wife his manner didn't alter.
on love of my heart.
He asked me if I'd lend her for an hour and a day,
Oh the brown and the yellow ale,
I said if she thinks it's fair you may take her away,
Oh love of my heart.
She said:'You take the high road and I'll take off with him
Oh the brown and the yellow ale,
And we'll meet again by the ford of the river,
Oh love of my heart.
I was waiting by that ford for an hour and a quarter,
Oh the brown and the yellow ale,
When she came to me t'was without shame I saw her,
Oh love of my heart.
When she told me her story I lay down and I died,
Oh the brown and the yellow ale,
She sent two men for timber and she never even cried,
Oh love of my heart.
A board of alder and a board of holly,
Oh the brown and the yellow ale,
And two great yards of a shroud‘about me
Oh love of my heart.
Now if my own little mother had never been a woman,
Oh the brown and the yellow ale,
I would sing you many another song about women,
Oh love of my heart. |