Ami D         Ami

1. Fair young maid all in a garden

                      D     Ami

   strange young man passerby

               C                   G

   said "Fair maid will you marry me?"

              Hmi            Ami

   this then sir was her reply.



2. "Oh no kind sir I cannot marry thee

   for I've a love who sails all on the seas

   he's been gone for seven years

   still no man shall marry me."



3. "What if he's in some battle slain

   or drownded in the deep salt sea

   what if he's found another love

   and he and his love both married be?"



4. "If he's in some battle slain

   I will die when the moon doth wane

   if he's drowned in the deep salt sea

   I'll be true to his memory."



5. "And if he's found another love

   and he and his love both married be

   I wish them health and happiness

   where they dwell across the sea."



6. He picked her up all in his arms

   and kisses gave her one two three

   saying "Weep no more my own true love

   I am your long lost John Riley."