Early one morning, just as the sun was rising I heard a maid sing in the valley below Oh, don't deceive me, Oh never leave me How could you use a poor maiden so Oh gay is the garland, fresh are the roses I've culled from the garden to bind on thy brow Oh don't deceive me, Oh never leave me How could you use a poor maiden so Remember the vows that you made to your Mary Remember the bow'r where you vowed to be true Oh, don't deceive me, Oh never leave me How could you use a poor maiden so Thus sung the poor maiden, her sorrow bewailing Thus sung the poor maid in the valley below Oh don't deceive me! Oh never leave me How could you use a poor maiden so