‘Twas on an evening fair I went to take the air,
I heard a maid making her moan;
Said, ‘Saw ye my father? Or saw ye my mother?
Or saw ye my brother John?
Or saw ye the lad that I love best,
And his name it is Sweet William?’
2.
‘I saw not your father, I saw not your mother,
Nor saw I your brother John;
But I saw the lad that ye love best,