As I Roved Out

As I Roved Out - The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem

As I roved out

On a May morning

On a May morning right

Early and

I met me love upon the way

Oh Lord but she was early

And she sang lilt-a-doodle

Lilt-a-doodle

Lilt-a-doodle-dee

And she hi-da-land-da-dee

And she hi-da-land-da-dee

And she land-dae

Her boots were black and

Her stockings white and her

Buckles shone like silver

She had a dark and a

Rolling eye and her ear-rings

Tipped her shoulder

And she sang lilt-a-doodle

Lilt-a-doodle

Lilt-a-doodle-dee

And she hi-da-land-da-dee

And she hi-da-land-da-dee

And she land-dae

I went to the house on

The top of the hill when

The moon was shining clearly

Would you arise and let me

In and your mammy not to

Hear ye "

And she sang lilt-a-doodle

Lilt-a-doodle

Lilt-a-doodle-dee

And she hi-da-land-da-dee

And she hi-da-land-da-dee

And she land-dae

She caught her by the hair

Of the head and down to the

Room she brought her

With the root of a hazel twig

She was the well-beat

Daughter

And she sang lilt-a-doodle

Lilt-a-doodle

Lilt-a-doodle-dee

And she hi-da-land-da-dee

And she hi-da-land-da-dee

And she land-dae

"Will you marry me now

Me soldier lad Will you marry

Me now or never

Will you marry me now

Me soldier lad for you see I'm

Done forever "

"I can't marry you

My bonnie wee lass

I can't marry

You my honey

For I have got a wife at

Home and how could I disown

Her "

And she sang lilt-a-doodle

Lilt-a-doodle

Lilt-a-doodle-dee

And she hi-da-land-da-dee

And she hi-da-land-da-dee

And she land-dae

A pint at night is my delight

And a gallon in the

Morning

The old women are

My heartbreak

But the young one is

Me darling

And she sang lilt-a-doodle

Lilt-a-doodle

Lilt-a-doodle-dee

And she hi-da-land-da-dee

And she hi-da-land-da-dee

And she land-dae