As I walked out one May morning One May morning betime I met a maid, from home had strayed Just as the sun did shine What makes you rise so soon my love Your journey to pursue? Your pretty little feet, they tread so sweet Strike off the morning dew I'm going to feed my father's flock His young and tender lambs That over hills and over dales Lie waiting for their dams Oh stay, oh stay, you handsome maid And rest a moment here For there is none but you alone That I do love so dear How gloriously the sun doth shine How lovely is the air I'd rather rest on my true love's breast Than any other way Now thou art mine and I am thine And no man shall uncomfort thee We'll join our hands in wedlock bands And married we shall be