verse 1
Cold blows the wind to my true love
And gently drops the rain
I've never had but one true love
And in green-wood he lies slain
verse 2
I'll do as much for my true love
As any young girl may
I'll sit and mourn all on his grave
For a- twelve month and a day
verse 3
And when twelve months and a day was passed
The ghost did rise and speak
"Why sittest thou all on my grave
And will not let me sleep? "
verse 4
"Go fetch me water from the desert
And blood from out of a stone
That a young man never has known. "
Verse 5
"How oft on yonder grave, sweetheart
Where we were wont to walk
The fairest flower that e'er I saw
Has withered to a stalk."
Verse 6
"The stalk is withered and dead, sweetheart
The flower will never return.
And since I've lost my own true love
What can I do but yearn."
Verse 7
"When will we meet again, sweetheart.
When will we meet again? "
"When the autumn leaves that fall from the trees
Are green and spring up again."