The Green Wood Laddie Lyrics
The Green Wood Laddie - Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill
Ye muses assist me
There is none can resist me
Only that fair one
Whom I do adore
And the more that they tease me
He's the young man who can please me
He'll be my green wood laddie
'Til time is no more
If you'd seen my dearest
Whose eyes shine the clearest
His cheeks like the red blood
That's new dropped in snow
He is neat tall and handsome
And his hands warm and tender
He'll be my green wood
Laddie whom I'd always adore
My parents my darling
They slight you with scorn
Because you have no
Riches wrapped up in store
And the more that they
Slight you the more I'll entice you
To be my green wood
Laddie 'til time is no more
And it's down in yonder
Bower I spent many's the long hours
A-plucking wild flowers
By yon clear winding shore
It was his stolen kisses caused
My fondest wishes
He'll be my green wood
Laddie whom I'll always adore
And if I had the wealth
Of the East or West Indies
Or if I had the gold of
The African shore
Or if I could gain thousands
I would lie in your bosom
You'd be my green wood
Laddie whom I'd always adore