Emi        G     D  G D

1. As I came in by yon rushy wood

     A        D                   A

   what spied I at my true loves door

                    D                  G  Emi

   my heart stood still me eyes grew blind

           D             Emi       G    A

   for to see my bonnie lad leave me behind.



                Emi           G        D G D

R: And will ye gang love and leave me now

    A       D                      A

   will ye gang love and leave me now

                D                   G Emi

   will ye foresake your own love true

                   D     Emi     G      A

   and gang wi' a lass that you never knew.



2. As I came in by yon lenten wend

   I spied another my love attend

   I bowed my head I cried achon

   the best of my good days are gone.

R:



3. And will I tell you the reason why

   because she's got more gold than I

   and I will tell you the reason true

   the sweeter taste of a love that's new.

R:



4. I leaned my back against an oak

   thinking it was a trusty tree

   but first it bent and then it broke

   and so has my love done unto me.

R:



5. And if you love me we'll never part

   and instead of gold you can have my heart

   you can have my heart with a right good will

   you're a bonnie laddie I love you still.

R: