Steeleye Span - Mantle of Green lyrics
[Steeleye Span - Mantle of Green lyrics]
As I was a-walking one morning in June
To view the gay fields and
The meadows in bloom i spied a young female
She appeared like some queen
With her costly fine robes round
Her mantle of green
He said, "Lovely fair maid, if you will agree
Then we'll join in wedlock
And married we'll be
I'll dress you in riches
You'll appear like some queen
With your costly fine robes round
Your mantle of green"
She quickly made answer, "May you be excused
For I'll wed with no man, you must be refused
To the greenwoods I'll wander and
Shun all men too for the lad that I love
Fell at famed Waterloo"
"If you will not marry
Tell me your love's name
For I've been a soldier
And might know the same"
"Draw near to my garment and
Soon you will see
His name I've embroidered on
My mantle of green"
Enrising of her mantle, it's there I behold
His name and his surname in letters of gold
Young William O'Reilly it appeared to my view
I cried
"He was my comrade at famed Waterloo"
Now when that she heard it
The paler she grew she fell in his arms with
Her heart full of woe
"Your heart I have wounded
The truth I declare
Here is your love's token
The gold ring I do wear"
"In your father's garden
Beneath a green tree
We pledged our true love and long we'd agree"
This couple got married
I've heard people say
She wore a mantle of green
On their wedding day
To view the gay fields and
The meadows in bloom i spied a young female
She appeared like some queen
With her costly fine robes round
Her mantle of green
He said, "Lovely fair maid, if you will agree
Then we'll join in wedlock
And married we'll be
I'll dress you in riches
You'll appear like some queen
With your costly fine robes round
Your mantle of green"
She quickly made answer, "May you be excused
For I'll wed with no man, you must be refused
To the greenwoods I'll wander and
Shun all men too for the lad that I love
Fell at famed Waterloo"
"If you will not marry
Tell me your love's name
For I've been a soldier
And might know the same"
"Draw near to my garment and
Soon you will see
His name I've embroidered on
My mantle of green"
Enrising of her mantle, it's there I behold
His name and his surname in letters of gold
Young William O'Reilly it appeared to my view
I cried
"He was my comrade at famed Waterloo"
Now when that she heard it
The paler she grew she fell in his arms with
Her heart full of woe
"Your heart I have wounded
The truth I declare
Here is your love's token
The gold ring I do wear"
"In your father's garden
Beneath a green tree
We pledged our true love and long we'd agree"
This couple got married
I've heard people say
She wore a mantle of green
On their wedding day