[00:39.37]As I went out walking' one morning in June[00:47.56]To view the fair fields' and the valleys in bloom;[00:53.87][00:55.87]I spied a pretty fair maid' she appeared like a queen'[01:02.18][01:04.43]With her costly fine robes and her mantle so green[01:10.36][01:16.43]Says I' my pretty fair maid' wont you come with me'[01:23.26][01:25.45]We’ll both join in wedlock' and married we’ll be;[01:31.68][01:34.18]I will dress you in fine linen' you’ll appear like a queen'[01:39.76][01:42.32]With your costly fine robes and your mantle so green.[01:48.70][01:54.01]Says she' now my young man' you must be excused'[02:01.08][02:02.82]For I’ll wed no man' so you must be refused;[02:08.45][02:11.57]To the green woods I will wander and shun all men’s view[02:18.01][02:19.44]For the boy I love dearly lies in farmed waterloo.[02:25.76][02:58.73]Well if you’re not married' say your lover’s name[03:03.91][03:06.98]I fought in that battle' so I might know the same.[03:13.17][03:16.04]Draw near to my garment' and there you will see[03:20.79][03:23.61]His name is embroidered on my mantle so green.[03:30.17][03:35.87]In the ribbon of her mantle' there I did behold'[03:42.26][03:44.82]His name and his surname' in letters of gold[03:48.40][03:53.22]Young William O’Riley' appeared in my view[03:59.14][04:01.08]He was my chief comrade back in farmed waterloo[04:07.78][04:14.03]And as he lay dying' I heard his last cry[04:17.97][04:22.41]“If you were here lovely Nancy I’d be willing to die”[04:29.72][04:30.85]And as I told her this story' in anguish she flew'[04:36.47][04:39.22]And the more that I told her' the paler she grew[04:45.04][04:50.96]So I smiled on my Nancy' ‘twas I broke your heart'[04:57.71][05:00.21]In your fathers garden' that day we did part[05:05.77][05:08.34]And this is the truth' and the truth I declare'[05:14.99][05:16.62]Oh here’s your love token the gold ring I wear.