Clear Away the Morning Dew

Clear Away the Morning Dew - Ian Robb/Seamus Mcguire/Grit Laskin/Terry Rudden

As I walked out one morning fair

To see what I could shoot

I there espied a pretty fair maid

Come a-tripping by the road

And sing Hail the dewy morning

Blow all the winds high

Clear away the morning dew

How sweet the winds do blow

We both jogged on together till

We came to some pooks of hay

She said "Young man there is a place

Where you and I can lay

And sing Hail the dewy morning

Blow all the winds high

Clear away the morning dew

How sweet the winds do blow

I put me arms around her waist

And I tried to throw her down

She said "Young man the dewy grass

Will rumple my silk gown "

And sing Hail the dewy morning

Blow all the winds high

Clear away the morning dew

How sweet the winds do blow

"But if you come to me father 's house

There you can lay me down

You can take away me maidenhead

Likewise a thousand pounds"

And sing Hail the dewy morning

Blow all the winds high

Clear away the morning dew

How sweet the winds do blow

So I took her to her father's house

But there she locked me out

She said' "Young man' I'm a maid within

And you're a fool without ''

And sing Hail the dewy morning

Blow all the winds high

Clear away the morning dew

How sweet the winds do blow

So it's if you come to a pretty maid

A mile outside of town

Don't you take no heed of the dewy grass

Or the rumpling of her gown

And sing Hail the dewy morning

Blow all the winds high

Clear away the morning dew

How sweet the winds do blow